TRAVEL PHOTO THURSDAY

January 27, 2011 |  by  |  Photos, Travel Advice  |  , , ,  |  Share
TRAVEL PHOTO THURSDAY

Falstaff Rose

Salsa rose

Simply Marvelous rose

Iceberg rose

New Dawn rose

Tuscan Sun rose

Christopher Marlowe rose

This time around, I chose something a little closer to home and to my heart.  My rose garden….well, some of it….I have 32 roses in my one acre yard and I may be forced to add to my collection if I can find the time.    These pics are the first year’s blooms, after that I was hooked.  I just gave them a nice pruning  last week and will feed them alfalfa pellets right before the next rain.  I suppose in some small way, there is an international connection to this week’s photo because my dream is to have an English Cottage garden.

It’s nice to know that I will have this to look forward to after the cold chills of winter subsides.  I can just imagine sitting on my front porch, drinking sweet tea and inhaling the sweet bouquet emanating from the rose garden.  The  morning dew will be just evaporating and the sun will still be kind.  But don’t worry.  I’ve placed another rocking chair right next to me.  Have a seat!

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20 Comments

  1. Cathy Sweeney
    January 27, 2011 at 11:57 am

    Gorgeous photos, Renee! They remind me of the roses that my parents had in their garden for so many years. Nice.

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  2. Kelly
    January 27, 2011 at 1:38 pm

    Beautiful! Makes me wish I had a green thumb!

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  3. Michael Figueiredo
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    January 27, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    Very pretty, Renee! It already feels like springtime! :)

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  4. Christopher
    January 27, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    I’m an avid flower photographer, so I love these. :)

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  5. adventureswithben
    January 27, 2011 at 7:20 pm

    I read in a book that the best photos of flowers are not from above, but from the sides. The reason being – we normally see flowers from above, so a side view offers a perspective we don’t see often. I tried it once and have been doing it ever since. Give it a shot and let me know what you think.

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  6. Migrationology
    January 27, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    I can already imagine the cup of tea to go with the lovely view!

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  7. John in France
    January 27, 2011 at 9:58 pm

    Lovely. I am having summer here and we are just getting our second lot of buds on our rose bushes – beautiful!

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  8. inka
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    January 28, 2011 at 2:38 am

    I love, love love roses! I envy you for having a garden and obvioulsy also a talent for growing the Queen of flowers.

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    • Renee
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      January 28, 2011 at 5:34 am

      Thanks, Inka! I’d wanted to grow them for awhile, but was afraid to do so. After doing a little research on gardenweb.com’s Roses forum and hearing over and over again that there was nothing to fear I gave it a shot five years ago. The main thing is to treat it during the winter to help avoid blackspot, pruning them correctly so that it can ‘breathe’ in the center and establishing a feeding/watering system. I think that I am hooked on climbers now. It wasn’t always that way. I’d planted a few and started to give up when they did not bloom. I didn’t know that it took three seasons before you would see blooms (at least in my neck of the woods). It’s a learning process, I’m not a rosarian by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s certainly rewarding.

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  9. robin
    January 28, 2011 at 4:19 am

    quite the accomplished gardener if they are all in your garden!

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  10. Christy from Ordinary Traveler
    January 28, 2011 at 12:14 pm

    I’ll come join you! :) It looks like you really enjoy gardening, Renee. Your roses look very well taken care of.

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  11. Laurel
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    January 28, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    I can’t believe they’re all in your garden. It appears that you’re a woman of many talents :)

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