Diane -- I guess it's a mixed blessing that your camera picks up such detail, though I must say I continue to be amazed how it picks up subtle variations in color and texture. Those Ashley photos are beautiful. It's incredible she looks so fresh in spite of your extreme heat. I used to have grow lights to start seedlings back when I had a balcony, and I also put one on a gardenia back then, but I haven't used them since. It was a bit distracting to have their bright glare in our living space once the sun went down, and now that we're in a smaller apartment, it'd be even tougher to use them.

It sounds like you are finding lots of good ways to make a dent in those tomatoes and basil! I think I'm going to try this recipe next weekend since it looks super easy:

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027238-sheet-pan-ravioli-with-burst-tomatoes?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.X2pZ.CzdSpj1q2gKt&smid=share-url

I figure if I don't eat all the tomatoes I can right now, I'll regret it come this winter. Yes, someday I really should make a homemade pie crust.

Kitty -- Yes, I probably should cut the passiflora back. It was supposedly a small variety, but I find it to be super vigorous, and I just have to keep looping its vines around and around again. Yes, I really love Bolero and its very consistent, beautiful scent. If I could have any Tantau rose, I think it'd be Eisvogel :)

I can't remember a Labor Day weekend with such glorious weather. We really lucked out. Everyone in the park was in such high spirits, including me and Penny!

Diane,

Ashley is the best! A must have! Yours is gorgeous! Wuth her giant ruffle blooms she stands out in the garden. Your Evelyn, Ashley & Augusta Louise are 3 sensational roses! Mmmmmmmm! Your Caprese salad is tantalizing ny taste buds!

Windiwsill,

Penny looks so adorable & happy!

You’d love Ashley ir Pink O’Hara so much! They both bloom better than Eisvogel. Ashley blooms big ruffly prolufic blooms! Pink O’Hara, a Delbard, has a large fragrant oerfect bloom-the most elegant! Eisvogel has beautiful blooms, but he us more vigorous in growing leaves/canes and less blooms. However, which is your bloom color & shaoe oreference-that is the one for you! I actually love Pink O’Hara the best & White zo’Gara with their amazing lush blooms & very string fragrance.

I have a baby White & Pink O’Haras-they are just starting to grow. Next sesson they should be beautuful!

Thank you about those Ashley photos. And I'm loving that rose a lot. I will check out the recipe you linked to. I think Clare should try making it, but I'd better look at it first. I love your photo of Penny. She does, indeed, look very happy. And I love the skyline behind her. What breed(s) is Penny? She is a big doggy. Yes, try that pie crust. You'll never regret it. Diane

Not as cute as Penny, but here are some of tomatoes. I have no idea how many I've harvested, but it's been mucho. Diane

Gorgeous, Diane!

What Sheila said! Those tomatoes look incredible, Diane. You weren't kidding about your bumper crop.

Diane - I've been mucho exhausted lately. So much to do in the house and out of it. Well, we're into September now. I hope it's a good month. Kedra gets married this month! Hard to believe. I'm hoping that I'm healthy for it and don't miss it. I'm pretty sure I have a kidney stone. I get them from my kidney disease PRPS1. I always end up in the hospital. I have a doctor's appt. on Tuesday. So we'll see how that goes. Crossing my fingers and toes. lol My goodness, those 4 roses are breathtaking!! My faves are Ashley and Abe. That's a really beautiful picture of Ashley! Our temps are going down. We'll be 29C/84F on Monday and we'll be down to 23C/73F pretty much for a while, and then going down to 20C/68F. Those are nice temps. I hope it doesn't get colder than that for a long time. :)

Kitty - You have 20 new roses to plant. Wow! That's a lot of work. Which 10 roses will you be getting rid of? I'm getting rid of the same amount, but I'm not sure which ones, yet. You're cooler than we are here, already. That's surprising.

Windowsill - I so agree with you about peaches. I won't buy them at the grocery store. Dolly Parton has a tremendous collection of songs and such a wonderful voice. Oh, yes! I grew up with a big patch of raspberries. I remember that the mosquitoes loved to hide in the leaves, and when we went to pick the berries, it was full on mosquito attack. Delicious berries, though. YUM! We had 4 raspberries today and a few strawberries, but we had about 4 cups of peas in pods!! There's so much fruit/veggies left to ripen. It's going to be fun eating them all. YUM! Did your Shih Tzu's hair get snarled in the brambles? Poor thing. Thanks for the info on tomato taste. If I'm ever at a farmers' Market and wanting to buy tomatoes, I won't hesitate (like I have before) to get the darker tomatoes. But I won't get the yellow. Thanks about the galette. I've been trying to get a good pie crust recipe for decades. Thanks to Diane's espousal of her Tomato Galette, I found a recipe with a pie crust to die for!!! I used my Ninja processor, and it was SO easy to make this pie crust, and it was the absolute best!! If you want the recipe, I'll post it here. That's nice that you have an easy fix for your winter doldrums. Maybe even try one of those lamps that simulate sunlight? I hope you get blooms soon on your bougainvillea. That's such a strange name. :) I love your Bolero and The Poet's Wife blooms!! They look so lovely with the sun shining through their petals. :) :) I really love your passiflora blooms! Gorgeous!! Way prettier than my passiflora's blooms. Oh, my!!

Diane - Pie crusts have been my nemesis for probably 30 years. I'm honestly so delighted to have found a pie crust that works! The pie crust calls for being baked at 400F. I don't know how that would work on a pie...maybe too hot? Oh, rats about Abe's last flush bombing. How did that happen? Too hot? I probably had the same thing with my hydrangeas as you did with your Angel Face plants. I got 2 small plants in the mail...little wee things. One I planted in the ground, and it died. The other I potted in a smallish pot and then planted in the ground at the end of July. The first one I planted died. The 2nd one is doing really well and is even budding up! Lesson learned.

Diane - So true! I love using herbs/food from the garden, too. I think I should plant more herbs next year. I'd like some basil and thyme, along with the dill I have. I also grow parsley. A Caprese salad (I googled it.) looks very healthy and fresh. I find the same thing with my camera and powdery mildew. I think the leaves look good, and then I see in the pictures pm. In September, you'll blast us with gorgeous pics of MW!! :) Oh, no...your temps are still hideous. You've been such a trouper through this summer of outrageous temperatures. It's really uplifting to have a rose(s) that do so very well in adverse conditions. Good for Ashley for pulling you from the brink. :) Lovely pics of her! My fave is the penultimate. Those maters look wonderful. They're all so uniform. Don't you just love the orange of a ripe tomato? :)

Windowsill - oh, I love that picture of Penny! She looks delighted with you and the day. So sweet!

Carol, I'm so sorry you may have a kidney stone. When in Sept is Kedra's wedding? Don't try to do too much. Just rest....Abe will have another flush. He's looking very good, but his blooms can't take the heat. No, Angel Face had a totally different problem. I'll drone about it later. I bake my pie crusts, if they have no filling, at 400 degrees, I think. A crust with filling takes varying temps. Depends on the filling......Did you see all my Ashley pics just above? That rose is phenomenal in the heat. It's my new favorite, I think. Since you aren't feeling well and Kedra's wedding is first in line for your time after health issues, let's just keep this thread going until everything calms down and not worry about a fall thread. We should wait until Christmas, and have a Christmas thread-ha. Just check in here to let us know how you're feeling. Now sleep for 10 hours, please. Diane

Recent photos of Angel Face

Oops, I think this one is The Clown Prince.

Twilight Zone with AL in back.

Twilight Zone

Carol -- I'll be thinking of you and hoping you feel better soon. I'll be crossing my fingers and toes that everything goes well at your doc appointment, as well. I hope you can rest and up and feel in good shape for Kedra's wedding. I was thinking that I liked the color combo of you passiflora better than mine. ha! ;) Yes, our Shih Tzu's fur got snarled in the brambles and I think the my mom and I had to extract her. She was always getting into things; once we thought she was lost but she'd actually wedged herself in the gap under our shed, and then didn't want to come out. I think my dad had to cut through the floor of the shed to get to her. She was so cute and fun and funny. If it's not too much trouble, yes, I'd love to have the galette recipe you used. I remember a couple years back, I was looking up how to pronounce "bougainvillea" and found out that it's named after a French explorer whose name was Bougainville, so that explains it. Yes, I'm hoping for some blooms; they should be a slightly pinkish orange.

Diane -- Angel Face is so pretty. I love the warmer tips of the petals. Does she smell very nice? I think I've read her scent is supposed to be exceptionally strong. It's actually a rose I'd considered for my windowsill since they say she's relatively compact. I'm looking at your tomatoes again and they look so good. It must be very satisfying to grow all that produce. My next hairbrained scheme is to start some seeds of that Tasmanian Chocolate tomato that my mom grows, maybe this fall or winter. It's supposed to stay compact and can be grown in a container, though I've never tried growing a variety that's not a cherry tomato. We'll see what happens!

Kitty -- Thanks for the advice about Tantau varieties. Beverly is my least favorite rose, so if I can find something really exciting to replace her someday, I might. But right now, I'm trying to hang on to everything to see just how long I can keep each rose somewhat happy indoors.

Thanks, all, about your nice remarks about Penny. She loves the attention! ;) Diane, we did a DNA test for her when we got her, and it said she's a mix of American Foxhound, Pittbull, Border Collie, and American Bulldog. She was brought up here from the Chattanooga, TN, area, by a rescue group. (A lot of shelters around here bring up dogs from the South.)

Windowsill, what a Pretty Penny! ;) Seriously, she is a beautiful dog.

Carol, I am so sorry you’re not feeling well… I’m hoping you find answers at your doctor appointment.

Windowsill. what a glorious mix of breeds Penny is. Rescues are the best. Boise shelter receives rescues, too. My kitty, Finn, abandoned with his littermates, was a fearful, neurotic kitten. Now, he's fearful, neurotic old man cat, but we love him, anyway. I laughed out loud about your dad rescuing the naughty Shih Tzu by cutting through the shed floor. Gah. These fur persons. My wonderful kitty, Peanutbutter, a total housecat, let me search for her an entire day. I wandered the neighbor hood, searched the house over and over, and finally there she was, wedged next to a desk, taking a long nap, and not caring a hoot about the tears in my eyes. Cats are basically the center of the universe, no matter how affectionate they may be, and if they're happily napping, why should a human be upset?....Thanks about Angel Face, who does have a lovely scent. Those aren't the best pics of this rose. My much older AF has produced so much better quality blooms. I think AF would do well in a pot and you might give her a try. I think Ashley would do well in a pot, too, but she has little scent. But she's not a large rose. Diane

Queen Peanutbutter, a Persian, and my child for 17 years.

I love her expression, Diane. She was a treasure.

Yes, so much personality in that adorable face. She looks like such a special cat. We had a Himalayan growing up, and one time, convinced she was lost, we tearfully wandered the neighborhood looking for her. She turned up later that day sleeping under some old furniture in the basement. :)

Diane,

Oh, My! What a fabukous tomatoes harvest! Maybe you can sinply freeze them & then cook them larer….. spaghetti & lasagna sauces! Tomatoe soup & grill cheese sandwhiches! Tomato juices! BLTs! Salads! Mmmmmmmm! Queen Peanutbutter! Sooo beautiful & adorable! and soooooo clever…… sleeping wedged next to the desk-hytsrical! Surprise! The agony we go through to find them & they are just happily cobtent the whole time. I have a frw stories, but anither dayvshall tell……Radiant purples…. Clown Prince is soooooo ruffly! Dark decadent TZ-i’m entranced with her deep beauty!

Carol,

Sending you many blessings & hapoy thoughts! Think only good thoughts! Focus on thinking about beauty and good thoughts only ! Soooo you can be healthy! Praying your doctot appoibtment will be good. Loviingly, Kitty And nice weather for you… roses will love that warmth!

Yesterday was 76F afterall.

Today 80F, but cool and sweaters in the evening. Beautiful, pleasant sunny today. Simply lovely!

I put all my roses on porch steps in full sun, except the 2 new A&A roses I received a week ago. They are still hardening off. Then I planted A&A roses: Chantilly Lace & Blushing Parasol. (Tomorrow I will plant 2 GRF roses & repot my 2 new A&A roses.) I watered a little only my potted roses. It has been dry & sunny a few days, but ground stays damp because nights are very cool now. All is green. Dry enough that roses love it-are more healthy!

Lot’s of 3rd flush blooms…..A very vigorous, disease resistant rose!

Juliet

Silas Marner

Really enjoying her now! She’s so disease resistant, blooms a ton, she’s 5 ft, and has many new tall canes!

Princess Anne is flourishing this uear in her new garden spot! Lots of blooms-5 ft & very disease resustant!

Violet’s Pride is Beautiful blooming her flush! 5ft, too! So disease resistant! Lovely perfect blooms!

Mme Anisette, Yummy licorice fragrance! She’s 5 1/2 ft!

Diane - the kidney stone (if that's what it is) isn't in the kidney; it's in the tube descending from the kidney. So it's likely to pass. :) I see, the baking temperature depends on the filling. Yes, I did see your Ashley pics. She's stellar in the heat! What a beauty!! I'm feeling mostly fine. Don't worry about that. I can do a new thread on a day when I'm feeling less tired from summer exhaustion. It'll be a surprise when I do it. lol Gosh, I'm sleepy. I need to get to bed earlier. I can't really have a nap because I'm always proofreading for Don, visiting with my sister, gardening, etc. Anyway. That's pretty boring. lol Ooooh!! I love your 3 middle pictures the best, especially the penultimate one. Gorgeous!! Talki about a deeeeeep purple!

Windowsill - thanks, Windowsill. :) This is nothing compared with past experiences. I'm alright. Oh, really? lol Maybe we should trade passifloras. lol Yikes! Your dad had to cut through the floor of the shed! Luckily, she wasn't right underneath where he was cutting. Awww...I love that she was so cute and fun. :) Pinkish-orange...I love that combination in flowers. Here's the recipe. You can print it. Definitely use that pie crust. Whenever you make it, let me know how the pie crust turned out. I had to add about 6 tbsp of water to make the dough come together, but I have to do that with a lot of recipes for some reason.

https://www.loveandlemons.com/tomato-galette/

I googled Tasmanian Chocolate tomato, and boy, are they a pretty color!! They look like they'd have tons of flavor! I can see the American Foxhound, Border Collie (that was one of my guesses), and some kind of pitt. Being brought up from the deep south makes sense with the Foxhound. I don't think they spay their dogs down there. I'm glad you found your kitty. :) :)

Thanks, Judi. :) :) I'll be alright. :)

Diane - Oh, that's so sad, but I'm glad you found her. My family lost 2 dogs while I was growing up. Broke my heart. Your Peanut Butter has such an unusual coat color....just like Peanut Butter. :)

Well, folks, we just hit 101F. I think we'll go up another degree or so......Thanks for your nice comments about Peanutbutter. I look forward to your stories, Kitty. And Windowsill, your story about the Himalayan is spot on. That's just what a kitty/cat would do. Himalayan kitties are so beautiful. Peanutbutter was a red Persian. They are really a dark orangish. And Augusta Luise is lightening up, but I suppose after our current heat will become angry again. More later. Hope you all are having a nice Labor Day. We're having sort of a BBQ. Ray is using his Japanese outdoor cooker. I forget what they're called. He's got a Traeger, too, or whatever they are. Diane

My Continued Stroll in My Garden Today…

Darcy is 5ft wide & 5ft tall….. one of my biggest roses. (Well, a few are taller & wider.) She blooms all the time! Blooms are darker wine colored than photos.

La Reine

Actually one bloom was dark fuchsia! (Not red in true life.)

Shinoburedo, aka Lilac Moondance, floribunda

Starting to show she van bloom all always!

Strawberry Vanilla Hydrangea

Pomponella, She’s my biggest rose…6ft. Tons of blooms!

Florist Roses…

Chantilly Lace this morning

This evening

Planted her in the bed today! Woohoo!

Chantilly Lace may have had bullnose blooms this season. She had PM and maybe too small a pot, also. Her blooms almost are looking better. The earlier season too much rain, then too hot sun, PM, all effected her this season. I think she is starting to do better in mild weather now-mainly 70sF. She may still have totally normal blooms next round. Her blooms are still a little ruffly which is not normal. Pretty, though. She fades to light cream, also. At first her color is pretty intense. I hope I see her blooms turn pinks, too.

Strawberry Parfait spray, always blooming!

In her pot! She’s out in full sun this week! Finally! She’s big!

Perky Parasol , Really big, too! And in full sun, finally!

Blushing Parasol,

My biggest A&A rose, 3 months old. I planted her from her blue ceramic pot to the garden bed today! She did great-roots undisturbed! YUMMY BLOOM!

Blushing Parasol, 4ft first season after 3 months growth!!! Many blooms! These A&A rosrs are quite vigorous & bloom a lot first season! WOW!

BP is sooooo big! Close-up part of bush….

Full BP bush

Constance, 5 1/2 ft, blooming always!

And an amazing proliferation on own root Munstead Wood. She had this huge beautiful bloom that lasted a week & then this was left …. from her center…. the proliferation has 8 small rose buds…. soooooo unique! Maybe I’ll get some fairy size little blooms-I out her in a water bowl! Funny!

BTW, Own root Munstead , 2nd year, is now twice the size of grafted Munstead and she’s sending up 4ft canes, getting bigger!

Goofy ”Chantal Merieux…”

Today is Pinocchio!

However,

the most exciting event today was a little

conversation I had with Chad Nelson, manager at Eufloria….. on FB.

I have been eyeing Bridal Train rose at EUFLORIA all season & eventually posted it’s photo from Eufloria, asking if they might sell it to us A&A customers….. Chad replied!!!!! Cool!

She is my fave rose of this season!!!!

Chad replied…..

Chad says they will test Bridal Train to see if it meets A&A standards. I guess 34 people liked the Bridal Veil post which got his attention. Wonderful! If it tests well enough then we can buy it in the future. At least I can hope!

Probably is white in hot sun, , but beautiful oink center in cool 70sF. That’s fine with me!

Carol, before I start on Kitty's gorgeous roses and one very strange one, I'm happy to see your post. I understand about kidney stones. They have to clear the ureters, and it can be painful, especially for men. I was about four when my dad was rushed to the hospital with the painful things. I have had a lot of anatomy, and the male of the species gets the most painful stuff in certain areas. It's karma's revenge for what we women have to go through. OK. Enough of that. So how are you feeling? And to repeat, when in Sept is Kedra's wedding? I want you to have time to rest and organize. I am playing your mom now--ha.

Kitty, I don't know where to start about your gorgeous roses. I had to look at them several times, partly because I missed a couple of installments. I'll start with the amazing oddball--that Munstead proliferation. Ye gads. Can you dry it for keeping? It's so unusual. I wonder if there are any bizarro collectors who would be interested in buying such a thing. It's pretty amazing. Now, from the top, I love Juliet whose center sits in a bowl of lighter petals. Very attractive and unusual. Silas Marner is lovely and needs a prettier name. And Princess Anne is luscious and so thick with petals. I love Darcey's rich color. Is your rose Darcey Bussell, the Austin? Pomponella is over the top gorgeous, especially the first pic. I love Strawberry Parfait, especially the elegant pic of her on your garden chair. I want the chair and the rose. Did you rename her? Wasn't she Midnight something or other. Yummy Vanilla Strawberry hydrangea. Did I tell you that is my favorite hydrangea, and I wish I had the space to grow her. I think Blushing Parasol is my favorite of all because of the unusual coloring and the petal arrangement. Sooo pretty. Now I'm tired, and it's time to change the drip setting. Thanks for your garden tour. Diane

I totally missed your post, the first time around. I meant to thank you about my photos and I'm so glad you're feeling well, but you are doing a lot, I think. Does your doc tell you to take it easy on things containing a lot of Vitamin C? Diane

Kitty - Thanks Kitty! :) :) We are having really nice hot weather. We're eating tomatoes, peas, strawberries and raspberries from the garden every day. I'll be all right. I've been down this road many, many times. No worries. Tuesday will be 23C/73F, which is cooler than it was today. We had a lovely day today, too. A bit hot (29C/84F), but I'm not complaining after all the rain we had this summer. I'm glad you had such a lovely day. :) :) I have a rose site in Ontario that will put their rose list up on Wed. I'm excited. They're called Pretty Petals, and I got my Chandos Beauty from them. It's an own root rose. They offer some varieties grafted and some own root. Good that you got some of your roses planted. From your first batch of roses (which I love), my faves are Juliet (which I think should be called Sunshine or something like that...I adore the color), Silas Marner, and Mme Anisette. :)

Diane - Oh, no! Your temps today were hideous, again! And it's going to get even hotter for you? I don't know how you can stand it. I think you should get those ice packs that are a foot square (I have a few large ones like that.) and duct tape them to your skin under your shirt. :) :) It'll seem a lot cooler outside. :) Hibachi? I hope your bbq was delicious. We had toasted tomato and bacon sandwiches. YUM!

Kitty - oooh! Chantilly Lace is really lovely!! I'm glad the better temps are helping this beautiful rose. :) The first pic of it is my fave. Strawberry Parfait is another breathtaking rose!! Again, the first pic of it is my fave. :) :) Constance has the most beautiful coloring!! Darcey is as pretty as can be! Mmmmm :) That is a bizarre looking MW bloom. Very unique. I've never seen anything like that before. He's really reacting to your weather, I guess. Hahaha :) :) Your Chantal Merieux is just like Pinocchio!! You called it. :) GASP!!! I loooove that Bridal Train rose!!! I really hope you can get one eventually.

Diane - Yes, I'm familiar with being rushed to the hospital with kidney stones. lol I had them with both pregnancies too because I had to be off my medication. I got terrible (scream-worthy) gout, too, since I was off the medication. And I had to get 2 blood transfusions. Etc., etc. Karma's revenge, lol. That's right. :) Kedra's wedding is Sept. 27-29 in the Kananaskis mountains. The important thing is that I drink and drink and drink. Flush this rotter out. :) Thanks SO much for caring. {{{{hugs}}}} Oh, why do you ask about the Vitamin C? I don't take any Vitamin C supplements.

Here are some rose pics, including Chippendale. There's a lot since these are from when Don went to Kitimat and after.

St. Tropez, as always, has a lot of blooms.

Well Being on a bush that's not very healthy

Stiletto...doing well for a small plant.

Life of the Party...what a bloomer! And SO healthy

Life of the Party, later

Ball Gown and dead tree, lol

Close up of Ball Gown

Shasta Daisies et al.

My first bloom on my own root Soeur Emmanuelle. I love the fragrance!

Neil Diamond...I keep picking off the b.s. But I like this rose.

Pop Art. What a great rose, and it's super healthy.

Close up, so you can see the stripes.

Healthy Sweet Madame Blue is starting to bloom again. Not the best picture, darn.

Stiletto, later

Here's Chippendale.

Irish Hope...own root rose starting to come into its own.

Peach Swirl, probably my best rose.

Raspberry Cupcake on a not so great bush.

Grande Dame...really good bush

Perfume Factory...I love this rose, even though I'm always picking off bs leaves.

Perfume Factory, again

Shasta Daisies today...not so many, but still hanging in there, as are the Globe Thistles.

Gorgeous roses, Carol. I'll have to comment tomorrow. No, Rays's cooker costs mega bucks and it's no hibachi. It looks like a Flash Gorden spaceship. The other cooker is a smoker. That's the traeger. We had skirt steak and it was very yummy and tender because of the way this cooker does its cooking--slow. That's great you got your bacon and tomato sans. I've got to have more of those. Ooh, your roses look wonderful. Well Being and Pop Art really catch my eye. More tomorrow. Diane

The Flash Gorden rocket cooker temporarily grounded in 2024.

Carol, one thing I noticed among the great photos you posted above is that you really have a lot of nice yellows--some may have subtle stripes (Pop Art) and one may turn dark orange if you had way higher temps (Chippendale--see Nollie's example from a day or two ago on the UK/EURO thread). Overall, my pick for favorite this time is Pop Art, so floofy, luscious, and bloomy. But I love all of your roses. You've had a good year and well done in spite of the blasted rain. Hope you're feeling well and have a nice day. Diane

Some survivors from this inferno. Today will be 100-103, depending on who's predicting.

As ever, The Orange Dude just shrugs all of it off.

Love Song Song has done well.

Ascot always comes through.

My Evelyn in good sun would prefer growing to blooming, but she's OK and shooting her September candelabra.

Somebody is hiding in Evelyn.

Though the Rouge guys have been doing a lot of growing, the heat has been awful on the blooms. Rouge Royale

Diane, Carol,

Very kind of you to comment on so many of my roses! I spent a long day in the garden today, gardening & photographing, enjoying the roses. Some of them now have the most beautiful blooms now.

Although, today was not cool. it was 80F, felt like 88F. It’s hot for me to garden. But I did garden. II dug 2,large holes & planted 2 large roses, Julietta & Julietta Cerise. (my only 2 GRF roses that lived have buds ready to bloom.) I spread about 4 bags of soil, too. Little weeding & watering, too. Spread my mint granules to chase wasps away-worked! So I could garden safely. And it was so hot…. burning a few leaves on potted roses….. so 4pm I put 12 pots back in shade of porch-just while it’s 80F. It was exhausting to olant just 2 roses & a few things in this heat. I still need a nap.

Diane,

Your roses are outstsnding! Especially in 100sF+!!! Perfect blooming beauties! O don’t know why zi don’t yet have zlove Song-maybe the most beautiful lilac bloom ever? Ascot always has gorgeous shape & she’s captivating! ! Rougie Royal is quite the Wueen of Blooming! And Evelyn!! Oh, my, what beautuful blooms!

Carol,

You had 84F, hotter than my 80F today, but felt like 88F. Well, my humidity makes it even hotter. I’m glad you can handke it, but I oray it is more pleasant for you. Nice fruity treats in your garden. I only have a few strawberries, but apples almost look ripe to pick. Oh, I had a very ripe Calamondin orange today-too tart! Several more are green oranges, still.

Your roses are really beautiful blooming prolifically! Lots & lots of blooming beuties! And I am soooo sleepy….. I am choosing Pop Art as my standing favorite! Neil Diamond, Stiletto, and Oeach Sirl are gorgeous! oh, so many gorgeous ones…. Madame Blue-Mmmmmm! And Chipendale is brilliant!-I love him!

A little photo extravaganza & then bed…..

Constance was radiant today! She has several colorful blooms.

Pas de Deux has one new bloom.

Miyabi blooms a long time! Keeps on havibg new pink or oeach blooms.

Midnight Magic aka Strawberry Parfait

New blooms daily.

On her chair perched. LOL!

Princess Sakura has 2 buds-bright pink-peach colors in my sun!

P Sakura is small with big buds!

Chantal Merieux, several blooms on 2 front yard bushes.

April & Ashley are doing a FACEBOOK

” LIVE“ tomorrow morning c 11:30am my time.

They will update us on restocking and new releases and new catalig! Very Exciting!

Carol,

I read that A&A will becselling in Canada, SOON SOON! You coul do FACEBOOK & see LIVE tomorrow? You’d need join group?

Aoril & Ashley Rose FARM Forum, FB.

Carol -- Thank you so much for the galette recipe, as well as for the advice that the dough may need a bit more water. I love goat cheese, so it looks like a perfect recipe for me. I'll make it later this month and let you know how it goes. I'm astounded by those rose canes laden with Ball Gown blooms! I don't think I'd be able to accomplish anything in my day, as I'd just want to sit there admiring those blooms. Pop Art is putting on such a show too! I'm imagining planting my face in that prusion of blooms and inhaling the incredible scent. I'm so glad you're liking Perfume Factory. I just gave mine an agressive chop back, which I was kind of scared to do, but it's already pushing a ton of new growth. It's so fast-growing and vigorous.

Diane -- Evelyn is perfection as always. I'm intrigued by the variations in her blooms. So cuppy in that photo you posted. But then other times she looks like a shallow platter filled with swirling apricot ice cream. You post the best Rouge Royale photos I've ever seen anywhere, so I would've never guessed he was suffering from the heat.

Kitty -- You have so many beautiful roses blooming right now! Constance continues to be astoundingly beautiful. I love Strawberry Parfait sitting pretty on her garden chair! Miyabi looks like a perfect rose all around. I'm glad A&A is giving some eagerly awaiting info about their new offerings tomorrow. You'll have to fill us in. Those two buds of Princess Sakura are tantalizing! That proliferation of the Munstead bloom is so interesting. I've never seen proliferation progress so far that the little buds actually develop color and bloom. I hope you'll post more photos if the buds open more.

My Lady Emma H shipped today from DA, so I'm excited to have her soon to fuss over.

Thanks, Windowsill and Kitty. We barely made it to 100F, and I really pushed myself in the heat doing clean up, dead heading, and spraying deer repellent on everything. Ugh. I even made a small bouquet of Evelyn blooms before the heat could destroy them. Anyway, I appreciate your kind comments, which really keep me going when gardening gets tough. I'm still picking tomatoes. We're all trying to use them up, but I don't think we can.

Windowsill, here are some Evelyn pic from the last several years. She is quite changeable in shape and her color varies from peach to light pink. I get a lot of pink E. And she thanks you for your comments. I'm sure you may have seen some of these photos. Diane

Yes, more.

Bye bye.

Diane - Flash Gordon cooker! Sure looks like a rocket ship. lol Today we had a lot of smoke with air quality being 8-10 during the day. Really bad. But this is the first bit of smoke we've had all summer, so I shouldn't complain. Maybe it'll cure all the pm and bs. lol I'll stay inside tomorrow, too. I know, I was thinking the same thing the other day, that I have a lot of peaches and yellows. I need to get more pinks. I'm super glad I got Pop Art. It blooms constantly. Chippendale probably will never get dark orange for me. But that's okay. Yes, I'm feeling well. :) My goodness, Diane. You're living in a blast furnace. Your Love Song blooms are an amazing color, not seen by most, in person. Thank you for the pictures!!! I really love the first Orange Dude picture...those petals are everything! Your Ascot does really well in the heat...those blooms are wonderful. I see the little'un in Evelyn. It's a little bit camera shy.

Kitty - Gardening in the heat (although Diane would love those temps, right? :) :) ) is challenging. The heat is the least of the weather worries now. Rats, we've got dangerous air quality from the fires in northern Canada and Saskatchewan. It's "stay inside weather," unfortunately. I hope this doesn't outlast our warm weather. That's great that you have ripe apples to pick. Do you have an overabundance of apples? Maybe you can make orange marmalade from your oranges. Thanks about my roses. Pop Art seems to be the favorite of the masses (lol, Diane and Kitty). Thanks for sharing your favorites. :) SWOON over your Constance!!! Radiant is right. :) Mmmmm Miyabi is another star!! The 2nd picture is WOWZA, the petals even have veining in the upper left. I think my favorite is your Midnight Magic/Strawberry Parfait. The picotee edging and the coloring rock my world!!!! Thanks for telling me about April & Ashley on Facebook. Since they may be selling here, I'll check it out tomorrow/today. Although I can only get about 10 roses (or less, lol), and I have Pretty Petals and Phoenix Perennials (Canadian companies) to order from. But I'll definitely check it out. Thanks!

Windowsill - You're welcome. :) Thanks about my roses! Yes, I was really surprised by Ball Gown. I was going to toss her this Fall since all of her previous blooms had balled. But, her wonderful leaves and her enthusiasm for producing stunning blooms...well, she's on my keep list now. Thanks about Pop Art. I'm quite surprised by this rose too. Bedard hybridizes some wonderful roses. Perfume Factory is one that I've thought about getting rid of because of the bs that creeps its way up the plant. But there are still plenty of leaves, so I'm keeping it. I'm glad that pruning your PF worked well. :) That's great that your LEH is coming!!! You'll have to tell us (eventually) what you think of the fragrance. :) :)

Diane - I forgot about you having to spray deer repellent in the heat. Come on! You need a break! You know, I could cry over the beauty of your Evelyn pictures SWOOOOOOON!!!!! I'm overwhelmed. Thank you for the beauty and the emotions they brought.

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Carol,

9:30AM CALGARY, CANADA

A&A LIVE, Facebook, TODAY!

YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS.

Kitty - thanks for the time. I didn't wake up early to see it. But I did watch the whole thing. I didn't hear anything about shipping to Canada. I did see you wrote a question about shipping to Canada. Thanks for trying. :)

My post and photos didn't show up. Will they ever fix this forum?

Carol,

I’ll ask again later this week. Glad you made the LIVE, after sleeping in. Glad you slept-you need rest! Recaps of Live on A&A Thread.

Diane,

Hope your posts come through.

Diane - oh, that's rotten that your post didn't show up. I know what that's like. Since I haven't used an "offensive" word, I haven't been blocked. I hope that continues.

Kitty - don't worry about asking for me. I have 2 more rose companies to order from, plus Heirloom. I have already ordered 4 roses...no too many more that I can get. :)

Let's meet at:

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6508717/seasonal-thread-summer-can-be-cruel

Sorry to see this thread end. I was hoping more than three people would see my Evelyn photo album. What a waste of time. Diane

I saw it, Diane, and loved it immensely! I just forgot to hit the “ like” button, as I so often do. It wasn’t wasted effort, but I do think it would be worth posting on the new thread as well!

Evelyn photo album? Diane I see the pictures you posted below. They are gorgeous as usual.

Here are some blooms iny rose garden today.

Don't know the name.

Don't know the name

Pink O'Hara

Edith

Don't know the name

Lavender Jewel

Lavender crystal

Winter night I think

Amnesia

Martha Stewart

@Z10Socal

Beautiful roses! i have missed you! i am glad you are still sharing your roses with us. i love Amnesia, similar to Montmartre & Notre Dame. Martha St is stunning! Beautiful lilacs & Pink O’Hara! Look at the April & Ashley is Coming thread-new rose catalog coming out in Sept -2 installments. New bare root roses for sale Nov 1st New pitted roses available Feb 15th. Tons of new ”highly sought after roses.” The Pink & White O’Haras, White Ashley by Tantau, Pianos, Country Spirit Pink, Kensington Gardens & tons more.” 150-180 varieties will be released! You may love it! i live their wuality-big healthy bushes!

Carol,

Thank you for the new thread, esp. with your health. I pray you will soon be completely healthy.

Oh, Diane - I'm so sorry. I didn't think. I just thought that I'm feeling good, I should get the new thread done, because I knew you had problems posting, so I thought a new thread would help you. Rats. I just went up for another look, and my word, they're absolutely breathtaking!!!

SoCal - my favorites are your Pink O'Hara, Edith, Winter Night, and my favorite, Martha Stewart. I had no idea that Martha could be that beautiful. :) I think that your first unknown rose could be Martha Stewart?

Thanks, Kitty. :) I actually feel really good now. Zero pain today. Maybe it's gone. Crossing my fingers.

Diane, please look on the next Seasonal Thread. I started to repost some of your pictures there, but I don't want to continue if you don't want me to. I can delete my post there if it upsets you. Sorry, again.

Thank you Kitty. Been so busy finally had some time to relax while on my water fast.

Carol, I hope you are feeling better soon.

The first I don't know roses is not the same rose since that one is in a 2 gallon pot and MS is in a 21 gallon pot.

Here is another picture of the I don't know rose you can see how different the colors are compared to MS.

Here is my first red rose I purchased, Admiral.

And miniature Jean Kelly next to it.

My dahlias

I saw your Evelyn, Diane, and they were gorgeous!!!

SoCal - I adore the coloring...very unique burn orange. I also love your Admiral!! :)