I love these pictures! I have dianthus in one of my beds also and I like that look. The hibiscus is a wonderful color. So impressed growing a rose from seed! And I like the arbor too! And the “collection“ rose! That was probably a rescue for sure! I can relate to that. I am sure your lilies are not far behind.

I enjoyed seeing the roses and other flowers. Maybe dumortieri needs to be divided.

Debra

It’s great to see blooms no matter what they are, I like that hibiscus, delicate is the perfect description. I actually found some scapes here today. A few on an early and scapes on some new additions from Washington state.

Sherry

Glad things have begun for you!

Brad

Dumortieri does seem to be one that needs more attention to bloom well. Funny, seems like a species should be care free

I'm impressed too that you grew such a pretty rose from seed. Is it a double or a single flowered one? I grew Rose De Rescht for years until crown gall got it. It was my only OGR. I didn't find it as fragrant as the old Hybrid Tea Chrysler Imperial (there's one for the ages), but climate, weather and the nose have a lot to do with fragrance. The road rose find is interesting too. Have you ever tried to identify it?...............Maryl

I think we have that honeysuckle here and it is blooming now. It seems to grow wild here if it is honeysuckle. Nice red Hibiscus.

Julia

Maryl, the climbing rose is double. It is an open pollinated seed from a multiflora rambler called Mister Bluebird. It blooms only once a year.

We used to grow Chrysler Imperial and, indeed, it is fragrant.

Years ago Bob and I would look for old roses in cemeteries and along roadsides. We did identify a few that we found (we took suckers or cuttings) but the red one was one that we couldn't identify. Apparently, years after old garden roses passed out of fashion and commerce, many were rediscovered in cemeteries and tentatively identified. Now, of course, so many cemeteries spray roundup around the tombstones, so about all we found are now gone. Such a shame!

Thanks Nan for the further information on the roses. Roses were my first love but I've lost most of them to the Virus and other things now................Lots of single roses will sprout from seed, but a semi-double is good and a full petaled one is even nicer if you are lucky enough (and skilled enough) to get one like your little climber. There was quite a sub culture of "rose rustlers" when I first became a member of the ARS in the mid 80's. They sounded like they had a great time scouring cemeteries looking for old roses. I'm glad you came up with such a beauty found off the road.............Maryl