Carol, took me years at my old house of trying different plants then when I moved here only 4 blocks away I had to learn all over again...lol.... Weird! Like I enjoyed growing zinnias at my old house but here even the most disease resistant zinnias collaspe from powdery mildew .... I've never seen PM on anything else here... ? lol

Enjoying all the photos! :-)

Good Evening Rose Lovers!

OK! DRUM ROLL………….. I was very excited to see what you all may think my yellow flowers were! Many of you guessed right! Siri on Iphone was right on! It’s a cucumber vine w/ flowers! YAY! Yay, Judi & Kentucky-you got it! Thanks for Everyone trying to ID it! I first thought it was zuchinni , a pumpkin, or a squash , Diane & Carol, but those flowers I saw are more bugle shaped. Fun growing all these veggies!

You all have been very busy with gardens today!

Kentucky,

Lovely bouquet roses! I love Wedding Piano, FM, R Cappucci & Posiedon! Beautiful rose colors for vases! Mint granules may slightly deter any pest. Although, not exterminate thrips or JB. White O’Hara/Pink O’Hara may be similar size to Ashleys. Happy to hear your Cappuccino has buds ready to bloom again! Lovely!

TODAY

I packed breakable nic nacs all day and gave away a few items at the end of the day! I collected too much! LOL! I think I’ll give away the faux Christmas tree w/ lights, too. I simply have too much! Ha, ha! I need to pack 6 boxes of books soon….. but taking a break.

Sheila,

Thank you for your concerns about my new home.

My realtor took videos of all the property outside and inside, as well as photos for me. . Although, when I finally arrive in WA It will be my first time to see ny new home in person. I also had an insoection & contractor assess it for me.

Judi,

Thanks for your kind wishes for my trip to my new PNW home. Fun planning to move and the trip! I plan to drive maybe 6 hours a day. Keep it simple. Enjoy the trip! Lots of break stops for me and walking Anastasia. Should be a beautiful trip!

Diane,

Your deer repellent sounds so efffective and Finn is the best vole exterminator! If I have deer & lots if rain-I have no idea how to keep deer away. Guess I will unleash Anastasia on them! LOL!

Diane & Carol,

All plans to moving/selling/buying homes good so far! Thank you for you loving support! I think of all if you as my “ angels” watching out for me when my trip cones! Thank you! My kids will be calling me on my trip to check on me, too.

Carol,

Thank you regarding my roses & mild 73F weather. It was pleasant.

I hope your weather improves. That’s cool 50sF. I’m loving Cappuccino & Bridesmaid, too! Ivwish I could make that Berry Cobbler for everyone! Yummy! No more garden produce for you-cool weather is coming! Time to rest. Sugar isn’t resting though! LOL!

I can see Sugar & Anastasia going wild about the deer! It may be their ”hunting breeding & energy level-crazy poodles! ” Purple-blue and green grapes ripened today! YUMMY! The purple-blue grapes almost taste like Concord grapes, but no seeds! FABULOUS! Mmmmmm!

TOMORROW

Must pick a bowl of purple & green grapes for my trip! Plenty of grapes left for new

owners, too! It’s the first year I have tons of grapes and apples! YAY!

Tomorrow I need to finish gardening a little in backyard. Weed a tad, pick grapes, prune a couple roses only in pots. Dig up a few daylilies bulbs & peonies tubers. Then gardens done for new owners!

Kentucky_rose - Wedding Piano is so striking and is perfect as an accent in bouquets (or as a bouquet). :) I tried Francis Meilland many years ago. Didn't work. Thanks about my arm.

Judi - my arm pain (rotator cuff) is from, if you can believe it, unrolling the hose. I should have hung the hose over my shoulder and pulled it that way. I was unrolling it by endlessly pulling the hose sideways. I did that twice/day on our extra long hose. I hurt my other shoulder (mostly better) about 6 months ago. My Achilles tendons are almost better...swimming has helped. I've felt like a walking disaster lately. lol It's very reassuring and interesting to get answers to what's going on in your body. I'm glad you're getting answers. My PRPS1 affects many things, just as you said. Is there anything they can do for your cerebrospinal fluid flow? I'm glad you had an MRI. So your headaches are caused by your CSF? What do they say you should do about it? I'm sorry your headache is back. A very cold, wet rag on your forehead may help. Have you tried 2 extra-strength Tylenol? My daughter says that people try to fix pain with the wrong dosage. The other day I asked her for an extra-strength Tylenol because I was getting the swelling at the base of my neck that causes vertigo. She said, "Do you want the baby strength, or the adult strength of 2 extra strength?" I'm glad your roses are starting fresh growth. Oh, your vista is breathtaking!!! And I love seeing what you've done with your property...you and your husband did a marvelous job. :) :) Wow!! Your Penstemon is a super bloomer!! And your Clothilde Souperte (what a name!) is bellimissio!!!

Kentucky - I'm probably going to order Berry Fragrant Showpiece from them. Mmmmmm :) I was going to order the wonderful Chandos Beauty, but I have so many lighter colored roses that I'm not sure. Thanks for the reminder. :)

Jim - weird for sure...only 4 blocks away and everything grows differently. Too bad you can't grow zinnias. Zinnia blooms are gorgeous.

Kitty - Cucumber vine! I'm surprised. :) I don't know how you can keep going. Not only do you have a lot of physical stamina, but a lot of mental stamina as well. I still can't believe you're going so soon! What an adventure!! Six hours/day is a reasonable amount of driving. How is your Kitty going to do on the trip? Is she a good traveller? Awww...I love that. Diane and I are your angels. :) :) I don't know if it would be too much of a problem at the end of the day when you're tired to check in and tell us you reached your next checkpoint. But I'd love it if you would. :) Monday will be rainy with a high of 13C/55F. I'm feeling like it's time to start cutting back the roses and garden plants, but it's probably too early. It just feels like fall. No, Sugar isn't resting, lol...she and Teddy saw a deer on the path when they were being walked by Don. Sugar went nuts trying to get to her. Teddy was the calm one. He's getting older. :( Definitely Poodles are hunters with lots of energy. :) Oh, wow!! You have ripe grapes, and they're seedless. Yum!! I knew someone from South Africa, and she commented that it's strange to eat grapes here in Canada, that people always serve them cold, and she's used to eating them warm off the vine. Those grapes are SO pretty!!! Make sure that Anastasia doesn't sneak any on the trip. They're toxic to dogs. I knew someone whose dog almost died from eating them. So be careful on the trip. :)

Kentucky, Wedding Piano is so pretty! Glad that your Cappuccino has started back up again too.

Carol I hope your shoulder gets better soon. Diane, I hope you don’t get all this heat! We still have high 90s predicted for the next several days.

I had a pretty Peace bloom this morning—she doesn’t even lose her petal count in the heat, so healthy.

Peach Swirl and New Year definitely put out less full blooms but the color is so nice who can complain? They were BRIGHT this morning!

Otterbon, ty, wonder if our Cappuccino’s will bloom about the same time. The heat doesn’t burn your varieties. Some of mine fry. I noticed PJPII blooms thrives in my heat.

Carol, I am thinking about Vulcano rose offered at Lakeside Roses. Are you or anyone else familiar with this rose? Does the weather bother your shoulder?

Jim, I love zinnias, but pm here in Lexington, too. When I was a teenager, I grew zinnias in eastern Ky, no disease problem. Boy was I shocked when mine were loaded in pm here.

Kitty, about how many days of travel? I wish you the best travel/driving weather. When my daughter moved from Shreveport to Pensacola, the vet gave her pills for her cats. It was about a 12 hr. trip.

Diane, check Sweet Hilltop Roses for Eisvogel.

Wonderful photos all! :-)

I loved growing those real tall zinnias at my old house....They was like 6ft high....

BEE PIC thread I made years ago::::::

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/4279324/bee-pics

I'll quit on this one.

I can't believe what's turned up in my garden over the years. This is a tiny sampling. Below is the start of a wasp's nest.

Our friend the snake which we escorted across the yard into a nice flower bed. He was very cooperative.

Heading into Augusta Luise

Eglantyne and bee

Hummingbird moth and nasturtiums

Another cool, blechy, rainy day with a high of 12C/54F. Rats.

Otterbon - thanks. :) You're still suffering with high temps. I hope that it gets cooler for you. Do you have a pic of your pretty Peace bloom? Yes, indeed, your Peach Swirl and New Year look great. Not many people grow New Year; it's lovely to see those blooms. :)

Kentucky_rose - Volcano sure looks lovely in their photos. :) I checked on hmf, and the reviews aren't that great. No, the weather doesn't bother my shoulder. :) I was thinking the same thing about Kitty's cat and pills.

Jim - those are incredible bee photos!! Have you framed any of them? They would make a nice trio of photos on a wall.

Diane - you have some great photos!!! I especially love the hummingbird moth and the bee heading into AL!! Those two were captured with perfect timing. The bee on the delphinium photo shows such pretty colors. The Eglantyne with the bees made me smile...silly bees trying desperately to find the center. Lacewings have such large wings compared to their bodies.

Thanks Carol....

Nice pics Nanadoll.... I seen a snake the other day first one I've seen since I lived here....

I do not have Lady Bugs either....At least I haven't seen one I should say...

Mostly bees/wasps on the rose petals/leaves etc. NOT SURE what type of plants attract Lady Bugs....???

Is that a Hummingbird Moth in that last pic??? Haven't seemn one of those for years they used to get on my Petunias at my old house...

Thanks, Carol. I'm not a good insect photographer. So I just fire away and hope for the best. Ray actually took the photo of the hummingbird moth quite a few years ago. It was a lucky shot, too. I want to find my photo of a hummingbird mother feeding her babies which was taken by a friend of my son in law, Ray. The nest was inside a large shrub of some kind. Diane

This is how it looks today out here. Winter has started. Haha.

The late non lamented Olivia Rose Austin

Trying to find that hummingbird pic. Diane

Jim, I missed your post. I think it's the aphids and certain other prey insects that attract Lady Bugs. We rarely get them because it's too dry for aphids and many pest bugs out here. I agree that hummingbird moths love petunias, and I haven't seen any around here in ages. I can't remember what I grew that attracted them last. I mentioned that our bumble bees seem to have disappeared again this year, and I know that new housing development east of us has destroyed their nests which are in the ground. It's sad. This wasn't a great year for insects, though I ended up with a nice, but unhappy green praying mantis in my hair a few days ago. I accidentally brushed her off and she was not pleased. Nanadoll

Still hunting for those blasted hummers.

Do you know what the burgundy red flowers are?

A friend with complexion issues.

Black eyed Susan in the mum patch.

Morden Sunrise

World's tallest thistle.

More oddballs from the past. Blue Bayou

Fred...Frederic Mistral

Red Hibiscus

Kale, kale.....

Young Lycidas

Everyone enjoying their Labor Day? I strolled around outside, checking the garden, and then sat and rocked a bit in our glider. It was pleasant and quite cool. Things will be warming up for a last hurrah with warmer temps. I'm going back through the years and bringing up the oldies to look at again. Diane

Bumble on Husker Red Penstemon. I still grow it aafter 20 years, but it's mostly hidden behind big plants.

Bee on a peony bud

I wish Ascot looked this good now.

Quail and rabbits devour campanula and I can't grow them here anymore.

Well, you know what the voles did to Caramel Antique

Easy Does It

My goat herd (not really mine and long gone).

Diane,

A olethora if bugs , flowers and rosrs “Blast from the Past! “ Lovely reminiscing!

Ottobon,

I love Peace! She has akways been a fave if mine! Yours is soo delucate pink & cream-soooo beautiful

Jim,

Bess for you, too! Wish I had bees! I had in NY mostly wasps!

Kentucky,

I olanned about 7 days , but I will need to reSsess as It’s getting cloer now. My kitty is w

uiet and shy, jyst rides in carrier nicely next to me in front sea Anastasia lovrs car rodes a d trips!!

Carol,

Thank you! Icwill see how much energy I have to type on Houzz! Thank you for the kind check in idea with you ”all angels!”

TODAY

I packed all day! To my suririsr I needed to clean the 2 large closets out, again of linen & junk! I packed books & found a kit of stuff to give away. I’m done except I have not decided if I will keep sll linen? Too many blankets??? Oh, giving Xmas tree away! Also, I decided to book moving company for just a few extra items that won’t fit into my small Uhaul trailor. I still have too many boxes. 😊

Diane, I know what that burgundy-flowered plant is... it grew as a weed in my garden for many years. But I can't for the life of me think of its name right now! Please tell...

Diane, I just thought really hard about you pic and pictured them in my garden and came up with Four o'Clocks? I did not look it up.

Congrats, Susan, you are correct! It's Four O'Clocks, and they can be almost as pesky as morning glories, but not quite. I wish I could award you with something. How about some Four O'Clock seed? I have a pound of it or so. Or, perhaps, morning glory seed? Or something more poisonous like datura seed? You probably have pounds of seed you have gathered, as well as mountains of seed packets, both unopened and half used up. I just can't bring myself to throw the stuff away. Old seeds are valuable. Diane

Jim - we get lots of ladybugs here, mostly 2 spots. We also get plenty of aphids on the roses. :)

Diane - Oh, Ray took that photo. It's a great shot. I've only seen one once, when I lived in Fort McMurray. I had no idea what it was. It was magical. :) A hummingbird feeding her babies is a pretty rare shot. I'd love to see that. Oh, sure, lol, as if you have snow. :) :) We're getting 2 days of sun and warmth, 21C/70F and 25C/77F Tues. and Wed., respectively. I'm really looking forward to the warmth and to getting in the yard. :) Then it goes down to 11C/51F. Your ORA did have beautiful blooms. :) Really?!! You had a praying mantis in your hair...how neat!! Did it freak you out? Yeah, that's too bad about your bumbles. Are those flowers Nicotiana? Your Morden Sunrise is so beautiful with its sculptural petals. That thistle is GINORMOUS!!! It wouldn't be hidden in my yard because I don't have 10 foot rose bushes. lol Blue Bayou has such beautiful shades in your yard. I love your hibiscus and Hollyhocks!!! :) :) SWOOOOON over your Young Lycidas!!! Oh my word, they're stunning!! We went shopping for odds and ends; it was a quiet day. There was no point going into the back yard...too wet. You have such beautiful pictures. I love looking at your insect pics. I thought it was cute to see the bee on a peony bud, desperately trying to get inside. :) Gosh, I love your Caramel Antique; the colors are exceptional.

Kitty - oh, that works perfectly that your kitty is biddable in a car and is companionable. :) Oh course Anastasia loves road trips, she's a poodle! Oh, sure. Feel no need to check in with us. I'm being foolish. You'll be exhausted. :) You're going on Wed? You're working on the finishing touches to moving. I'm amazed at what you've done!! Now comes the fun part, moving into your new home and making it yours. :) :)

Susan - good job on recognizing and naming the Four O'Clocks!!

Carol, that's not the first time I've had a mantis in my hair. No it didn't freak me out. I've had to move them, and boy, their little sharp feet feel funny. Thanks about Olivia Rose and the other roses and plants. Your temp tomorrow will be about the same as ours. Then we keep heating up and you cool down. That thistle was about 10 feet tall, and my daughter discovered it. She likes to pull up weeds I miss. Diane more later at an earlier hour.

More fun times from past times. Bee on a campanula bloom.

Augusta Luise

Blueberry Hill, one of the parents of Wild Blue Yonder

Big Purple which is not purple.

Sisters Fairy Tale Rose

Princess Alexandra of Kent amongst her antique china

Diane, Blueberry Hill is so gorgeous!

This morning I have Broadway, Peace, and Peach Swirl. Lots of buds on plants so we will see if they are nicely petaled and formed or if they will be spindly heat blooms! But will enjoy this very fragrant bunch today.

I think I am running out of ”me.” Today I cut these beauties.

PJPII, just love this fragrant, white rose!

Kentucky, I’ve probably asked but how many total bushes do you have? I love the variety and seeing them all!

FANTASTIC Photos! :-) Enjoying!

I never seen any aphids here yet Carol probably why I have no ladybugs...

At my old house I did have Aphids & some ladybugs...

Blast from the Past photos.....

Otterbon, I have over 100 (120) rose bushes, some are mini’s, too.

Jim, love the Blast from the Past pictures! Hummingbird picture should be in a magazine.

Jim, your latest blast is wonderful. The zinnias are glorious and I wish you'd give them another try in your new place--maybe a different spot. And I am envious of your close up of the hummingbird. I have no luck with bird photos, and I quit trying long ago. Jemma, my granddaughter has to do those honors. Did you leave the cute wishing well behind? You need another, plus those great boots--hope you still have them. Keep blasting. Nanadoll.

More blasts. These photos were taken by my granddaughter Clare when she was in junior high. Later, I inherited her camera. Below is Easy Does it looking on the light side, which I like.

Heirloom Rose

Is this an assassin bug?

Orange belted bumble bee.

More pics from waaay back and photos taken by Clare. Augusta Luise in a vase during her first year here.

Blue Bayou

Blueberry Hill looking lavender.

Blueberry Hill looking blueish.

Diamond Eyes, a Carruth mini rose.

Frederic Mistral. I wish his bloom color showed better.

Another Heirloom rose looking different.

Nanadoll, I bought that wishing well when I moved here...Its out in the back yard and has Wax Begonias in it & is surrounded by two Diervilla Fresh....

TODAY:

PAST YEARS....

When I first made a flower bed out front of my new house....

More on the way back machine. Photos by Clare. Hollyhock

Jude the Obscure

Memorial Day

Frederic Mistral and Jude the Obscure

Sarah Bernhardt peonies with Brother Cadfael

Princess Alexandra of Kent

Snowball in the birdbath

Hollyhock

Farthest back......Clare is the photographer......Sisters Fairy Tale from Kordes

Brother Cadfael and Jude the Obscure

Huge Evelyn bloom with Sarah Bernhardt peonies

Frederic Mistral and two Golden Celebration blooms

La Bella Snapdragons, a very special type which hasn't been available for years.

Brother Cadfael

A horrible florist rose from Kordes called Party Dress. Probably the worst rose I ever grew. Ugh.

Diane - I've never seen a live mantis. How big are the ones you see? Today (Wed.) will be the hottest day left of the year, I'm sure. It's going to be 25C/77F!!! It was so great to be outside today in the sun. It was 13C/55F, and it felt wonderful to have the sun shining. :) I had some raspberries that have ripened, and I hope to have hundreds more ripen, but I'm not sure if that will happen. But there's no freezing temps/snow in the next 2 week forecast. :) What a humongous weed your daughter found. lol Seeing a shiny bee (not a bumble) is a bit of a rarity here. It tickled my fancy to see your bee's shiny butt sticking up from the flower. lol AL is looking lovely, and I hope she gives you lots of blooms this fall. That's right, Blueberry Hill is one the of the parents of WBY and one of the grandparents of Sweet Madame Blue. I love your Big Purple; sure it's not purple, but it's wonderful all the same. :) Sisters Fairy Tale rose blooms look a lot like Eglantyne? What do you think? They're so lovely. :)

Otterbon - WOWZA on your Peace and Broadway!!! They're gorgeous!!!! Why don't I have Broadway? What a beauty!!

Kentucky_rose - It's amazing to see how many blooms you can harvest. Pope John Paul II is my fave!!! Oh, my and SWOON!!!!

Jim - great pics! I especially love the hummingbird (wow!!), the flowering boots, and the zinnias. I spent a lot of time today squishing aphids, and I saw lots of ladybugs. I guess I'm happy to be feeding them. :)

Diane - I googled beige Assassin bugs in Idaho, and it came up with a list of contenders, and I'm pretty sure that's an Ambush bug which is a type of Assassin bug. The info is proprietary to InsectIdentification.com

https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.php?identification=Ambush-Bug

Is it okay to use it here if I cite it? I love the last picture the best!!! The belted bumblebee looks like it's made out of pipe cleaners. lol Gosh, I love your Augusta Luise!!! SWOOOON!!!! Blue Bayou and Blueberry Hill have fantastic coloring. Oh my!! Freddy forms an incredible blooming bush. I wish I could have seen a close up, too. Heirloom is gorgeous in both forms, but is really unique in the last pic of it. Cool!!! Heirloom (last pic) deserves a big ole SWOOOOOOOOOON!!!!

Jim - I'm in love with the white/purple petunias around your wishing well; wonderful choice!!

Diane - Oh, THANK YOU for showing your Jude!!! SWOOOOOOOOON!!!!!! I adore your Jude so much!!! Happy, happy!!! I'm also in love with your Hollyhocks. I wish I could grow them here. I also really love the pic of Fred and Jude together. PAOK is a standout!!! What a bloom!! I love your Snowball, and I hope mine finally blooms next year. lol I think it'll need more sun than it got this year. Clare takes wonderful pictures. :) Hard to believe that you can get Bro Cad and Jude to be that impressive. That spot deserves a chair in front of it. :) I think your Evelyn and Sarah plonk is the most beautiful plonk in the world!!! SWOOOOON!!!! Talk about sumptuous!! Your La Bella Snapdragons are what a snap should be like!!! I could never grow snaps here. I tried. :) SWOOOOOON over your Brother Cadfael!!! I stared for so long at the blooms, especially the one on the right. Exquisite!! Thanks so much for your Way Back Machine. :) :)

Not much blooming after the cr*ppy weather. But there's some things. I'm wondering if the black thing on the bud at the 9 o'clock position is a ladybug nymph.

Lots of buds...and some aphids, too.

Pop Art showing her colors

Some raspberries that are ripening.

La Reine

Raspberry Cupcake blooms that have lasted quite a few weeks.

Living the Dream, not showing any pink probably because of the cool weather.

Roberto Cappuci with its wonderful rust. Not a rose I'll be keeping, lol

Rose of Rosalie - not a rose I'm in love with, but I'll probably keep it another year.

I really love my Fashion Forward, and it's so fragrant.

Rue Saint-Honore...gosh, I love this rose!!

Anni

Perfume Factory - took until late August to bloom

Heavenly Scented has been a great bloomer for me and it's very fragrant. I think the blooms (not this one) have lasted for at least a month. I just cut the faded blooms off today.

Carol, It’s hard to believe but the growing season is winding down. You have had some real pretty roses. I am interested in Anni. Keep me informed about it. Roberto Capucci was a disease magnet for you and I love mine so much that I may order another one next year.

Diane & Jim, Blast from the Past are GREAT pictures! Beauty from the past!

Kitty, I guess you’re on the road with roses, Anastasia and cat. Safe travels!

Yesterday I cut a sprig of Lampion and thought I would put it in a vase and ”watch” it. My first thought was look at those thorns. So far, not impressed with this rose and I love yellows. Blooms look better in picture. Bush is healthy and vigorously growing though.

A small Lady Capri at bottom

Carol, I love Broadway—it has been a great bloomer that produces gorgeous blooms and is so fragrant! I do think maybe the knock on it on HMF is that it isn’t as disease resistant, but I don’t remember if that’s right or if I’m thinking of another. All of my plants end up with some form of blackspot at some point or another but it hasn’t been the worst of the bunch, just a few spotty leaves here and there. But I do love it!

Kentucky, bummer about Lampion. I kind of eyed that one but didn’t end up getting it, maybe a good thing.

Peach Swirl and New Year this morning! Peach Swirl goes very pink in the heat instead of the lighter peachy but wow, the fragrance on it is sure one of my
Favorites!

Carol,

Your garden really looks beautiful to me! Many mutiole blooms on roses!

Diane, and Jim, Kentucky,

Beautiful blooms!

Hi, Everyone!

I actually thought home closing sale would be in few days. Although NY home sale is confirmed, details may take to do paoerwork few days to coule weeks before I move. Not moving yet! LOL! And I have further surprise…. can’t say today, but good news. Very Excited & super busy now. I was almost done packing, but found more to give away & repack, too. Very exciting right now…..

I have a few blooms on porch roght now…

Mon Amour

. Villa Muse

Bridesmaid

White O’Hara has a bud opening along with Charoscuro, and Cappuccino. More blooms in garden, but no time for ohotos.

Raining, 78F Today!

Kitty, Excited about your GOOD news! Weather should be cooler for your travels. Already 87 today. Any news when A&A will post 2027 Rose List? Bridesmaid is pumping out the pristine roses. Any bs problems? Villa Muse has my curiosity. I have a huge bud on POH, pink color barely peeping through.

Otterbon, I have 4 buds on Cappuccino, not showing color. How’s your buds? PEACH SWIRL and NEW YORK have pretty bold colors, demand attention! Did you get Roberto Capucci? A great rose in my garden. If you like reds, HEARTS is a must have!

I cut these today.

Rainbow Niagara, 2 big orange/yellow top right

A couple of floral bathroom arrangements from yesterday’s roses.

Roberto Capucci = 3 tall ones in back, PJPII = big center white

Francis Meilland, 2 big ones

Diane, My Love Song is nothing like your thriving one. Maybe diff in climate? Augusta Luise looks like it will be a great bush here. Love enjoying other people’s roses on the Rose Forum and didn’t have to do any of the work…🤭

Well, Kitty, now you have us all in suspense! :)

BenT, I am posting a picture of my Evelyn from this morning. She’s loving this cooler, drizzle-off-and-on-weather. I wanted you to see how your plant is faring in the pot in my nursery area. I’m excited about putting her in the ground this fall.

After I took the Evelyn photo, I walked into the main yard and saw the rainbow.

judijunebugarizonazn8 , love the rainbow photo! Nice!

Wow nice bouquets kentucky_rose zone 6 !

Enjoying everyone photos! :-)

Kentucky, I have 12 buds and 2 more spots that I think will produce one once it finishes pushing out. No color yet but they’re working on it! I didn’t get Roberto Capucci, I think my next AA rose might be Inkandescenz, they posted a picture of it the other day and I swooned! Hearts is gorgeous but I like mine to have a fragrance so it’s a trade to have it without one-although it’s so pretty I may make an exception.

Here is Cappuccino which just exploded seemingly overnight.

Otterbon, your Cappuccino did take off growing, healthy, and producing buds. Wonder if they will be producers? Mine seemed to do that, too, but not quite as grand as yours!

Judi, lovely picture of Evelyn and then the rainbow! You were blessed!

Jim, we can add your hummingbird picture, too!

Heres a link to a Thread I made 10 years ago called Hummingbirds & Stuff...lol

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/3440200/hummingbirds-stuff-oct-2015

Enjoying everyones photos! :-)

Todays photo... 9/9/26

Jim, that was most enjoyable…thanks!

We are having lovely weather here.

October Moon (Paul Barden) is gorgeous.

Clara Thomson (Paul Barden).

Cabernet Sauv grapes

Dolly Parton clouds

Well, we're getting a week of cooler weather, and then we're back in the 20C range, which is the high 60s and low 70s. Excellent!! I ate more raspberries today, and they may all actually ripen with the coming warm weather. :)

Kentucky_rose - I really love Anni. The blooms are 5 inches across, but there is some powdery mildew. I'm going to keep it and hope that it gets better. It's a gorgeous rose! Right now there are 5 huge roses on it. Roberto Cappucci is definitely my worst rose, but I'm glad it does well for you. :) Your Lampion looks amazing in the vase, and the blooms are huge compared to Lady Capri.

Otterbon - I'm with you on blackspot. I have about 4 roses with some blackspot, but it's the end of the season, so I'll let that slide. :) Yes, your Peach Swirl is very pink; mine never got that deep of a color. :) Yeah, the fragrance is great!! I really want to find another one, as the one I had got downy mildew, and I tossed it. Your Cappuccino looks uber healthy.

Kitty - Thanks about my garden. :) The roses and garden are definitely winding down. Lots of ladybugs and bumblebees. I'm still eating raspberries...about 10/day. Rain on Thursday and gloomy for a week. Oh, you can't do that to us!!! What's the surprise??? :) :) So you have a bit of a respite in that you don't have much to do in the yard/house, but you have up to a week before you move. Maybe it's time to do tourist things that you've never found time to do in your home town/city. I adore the bud on your Villa Muse!! Your Bridesmaid picture is exceptional!! I'm really loving my Rue Saint-Honoré!! Right now, that and Anni are my faves in the yard.

Kentucky_rose - gorgeous bouquet!! Your Peach Swirl and Piano are my faves. :) :) Is that Roberto Capucci in your bathroom arrangement? STUNNING blooms!!!! SWOOOOOON!! My word!!

Judi - Oh, I love your Evelyn!! Those blooms are precious. SWOOOON!!!! Oh course your beautiful property would have a rainbow as decoration. :) What are the plants up front...some kind of feather grass?

Sheila - your first picture took my breath away!! Wonderful!! Paul Barden roses do well for you. Both your October Moon and Clara Thomson are gorgeous. I especially adore Clara's color!! Dolly Parton was such a generous, loving person with an angelic voice. There isn't a song of hers that I don't like. :)

Carol, I can almost taste your raspberries! I edited and put some of the names by the pictures. Francis Meilland 2 big blooms on vanity, Roberto Capucci 3 tall blooms in back on commode, and Rainbow Niagara 2 big orange/yellow top right in outdoors container. I love Rainbow Niagara even though the lower half is loaded in blackspot! My Lady Capri bloom/bud was rescued from heat yesterday. Sweet Delight got the fragrant award yesterday in my garden. We are getting rain now and temps cooling off, will make BIG roses. Hope your arm is improving.

Thank you, Carol. The grass on the photo is Purple Fountain Grass. It got huge this year because last winter was so mild it didn’t freeze back fully to the ground.

Sheila, I always enjoy photos of your gardens with the scenery beyond. The lighting is so warm and beautiful and has a quality I don’t know how to describe it. I find myself going back to them often.

This morning I processed yesterday’s roses and made a beautiful arrangement. It has a lot of 2026 newbies, featuring HEARTS, WEDDING PIANO, PIANO, CRYSTALLINE (1 tight white bud), and some oldies, 1 Black Magic, Grande Amore, Scentimental, PJPII, & Tineke. Actually, it’s prettier in person.

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I am having too much fun with the addition of 2026 newbies in my garden!

Judi, I bet you’re having fun with your Lady Ella, too!

Kitty, do you have any spray pictures of Bridesmaid?

Carol, do you keep a list of the pm roses with the hybridizer‘s name that you’ve had? Then the same for the roses that do good for you?

Great pics all!

I'm finally getting ripe tomatoes... :-) Its been a long wait...

The heat dome we had wiped out all the blossoms...

We had a horribly long hot summer, but the tomatoes did well. I'm glad you finally got some maters. I know that supposedly blossoms don't set seed or fruit in temps over 90F. We had weeks and weeks of those temps, so the only thing I can think of is that in the dry semi arid conditions here, the night time temps really drop, so maybe the seed was set and fruit at night? Things grow well in this area, and it's a major agricultural part of the state and a top producer of certain crops for the whole US. But everything is irrigated, of course.\, including my tomatoes and roses, among other plants. Diane

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