I know we’re all supposed to love red roses but yellow roses have always been my favourites. This one is a cracker, it’s a climber and it’s very easy to take cuttings from it. It smells lovely but unfortunately it doesn’t have as many flowers on it as I would like. I’m sure that it would do better in different soil. As you can see the foliage is lovely and fresh looking and it’s always disease free. I believe it’s called Golden Showers!
I’d like to be able to say that it’s only the morning dew on this poppy but it is rain. Still, every cloud and all that, I think it looks even more lovely with rain drops on it.
This rose is a low growing bush one, but I can’t remember its name. I’ll have to look through my plant labels. Anyway, it’s a really lovely rose and there aren’t all that many which are happy in my very light, sandy, free-draining soil.
As you’ll have gathered by now, the rain is back and it looks like it’s going to be a weekend just like the last one. Horrible on Saturday and a bit better on Sunday.
One good thing is that the local library booksale is tomorrow and it’s starting even earlier than usual, so I’m taking myself off to bed now so that I’m bright and bushy tailed for the melee tomorrow.
Lovely flowers. You know I don’t think I’ve ever seen a poppy up close–a real one–very pretty. Have fun at your library sale–I found lots of great books at a recent local sale.
Danielle,
I think this is the biggest sort of poppy you can get, the type which has the big seed-heads which look like carved wood when they are dried. Most poppies are much smaller, like the ones that I think of as First World War poppies. They’re all pretty though.
Beautiful – especially the poppy!
Saw some lovely roses at Powerscourt in Ireland last month. Was especially happy to breathe in the glorious aroma — so many roses today are bread for color and durability, they lose the scent in the process. What’s the point of that?
Yellow roses were my mom’s favorite until her dad passed and they had a blanket of them draping his casket. Ruined them for her. Now she just likes any rose but yellow. Dad used to buy her the most beautiful rose bushes instead of cut flowers for anniversaries and such. Or if he just saw one he thought she’d like. Kept their house gorgeous through the spring and summer, and late into fall (Florida weather).
Pearl,
It’s sad when you stand in front of a massive display of flowers, in a supermarket or wherever, and you can’t smell anything at all.
I can see why your mom would go off yellow roses, it’s a good reason for having no flowers at a funeral. Lots of people don’t like white lilies as they are so often used then. It’s a good idea to buy rose bushes for anniversaries, then if you move you can take them with you, or take cuttings. I prefer plants to cut flowers. My dad was great with roses, I think the soil in the west was best for them too!
I’m a yellow rose fan myself. My big yellow rose bush is finally winding down after another superb showing–she really does herself proud each year. I have a purple rose bush that my daughter gave me last year, that is loaded with blossoms, so I think next week that torch will pass from one plant to the next đŸ™‚
Lovely flowers
Jane GS,
Thanks Jane. A purple rose bush sounds fantastic, I wonder what its name is! There’s always so much going on in the garden at this time, even if the weather isn’t up to much.