Wonderful winter roses. I grow both of them too, in different parts of the yard, and after a while it occurred to me they were similarly colored, PS softer than RN.

Helen, those are both lovely. So nice of you to share your blooms during this winter season. I love your descriptions of these beauties too!

Magnificent! Sultry, does this rose BS for you?

It does get a little black spot deep into summer when the humidity is thick enough to slice with a knife and its raining everyday. Its pretty healthy otherwise. It sheds those leaves and grows them back quickly.

Its one of my best bloomers. Another cool thing about the blooms is the colors start out vibrant and the stripes are defined. Then as it ages, it gets softer and the colors kinda meld together and they last a long time on the bush. They just get bigger and poofier as they age. Its is one of my all time favs ♡

An even more melded bloom.

Very faded after 6 days but still kinda pretty.

Wow! I love a rose that ages well and they are hard to come by it seems.

Two of my favorite stripes! Sultry, these are magnificent,

Thank you. Its really a great rose. It smells nice too.

My oldest one, in the ground, got up to 6ft. I cut it back a little and it got pouty for several months. I dont think this one likes to be cut back. Now, I just let them do their thing. Its one of the frogs favorites. Sometimes in the spring through fall, I can't get a photo of Peach Swirl without some frog in the blooms lol.

Sultry, gorgeous blooms of Peach Swirl! Helen

These blooms were closed in the previous post and are open now. This rose has everything one can wish for in a rose, unique beauty, fragrance, long vase life, health, and great repeat... It’s in my perfect rose category. Helen

Helen please teach us a course on photography!! No one does it like you !

Your roses look so so beautiful. Do you find your garden gets more shade now ? Mine does so I hardly have anything.

Beautiful shots. Some look like they are glowing! i agree with Lily, we all could use some lessons :)

Lily and Sultry, thank you for the kind words :)

Lily, yes my garden gets more shade now so the roses slow down. The upside is the pictures turn out great when the sun isn't too bright, lol.

I have learned background is also as important as the roses when taking rose pics. If you want to show roses in portrait style, you want a soft background. You want to have blur background and sharp foreground (roses in this case). When you do that, the roses in the foreground will pop really well. Remove anything in the background that makes the background pops like yellow leaves, bright color garden tools... If you want to have more fun, treat each of your rose pic like you want to tell a story through it. For example when you capture 2 rose blooms, if you position them nested against each other, they could look like a couple... Just have fun with your imagination, and you will have some good pics. Helen

What a great hint about the bright background colours!