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Bloom Thyme Friday: Celebrating Over Achievers
There are some plants in my Zone 5 garden that I really have to keep an eye on. I affectionately call them my over achievers. They can and will take over! However, I have to say that after 2 years of...
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Container Gardening: From Ordinary to Extraordinary
I love growing in containers. I grow everything from tomatoes and herbs to exotic flowers and shrubs. Each year it is fun to decide what containers to use and what plants to try. Through the years I...
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A Rose A Day: Zephirine Drouhin
Zephirine Drouhin is a thornless, very fragrant climbing bourbon rose that dates back to 1868. It technically is a repeat bloomer however it does not repeat very well for me. Regardless, I think it is...
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A Rose A Day: Charlotte
Charlotte is a David Austin roses and the pictures tell it all. Every year she just gets better and better. Strong growth. Sweet fragrance. Good to repeat bloom! You can read all about her here.
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A Rose A Day: Rosa Mundi
Rosa Mundi is an amazing Gallica rose with a shady past! Gallicas are the oldest of the garden roses, having been grown by the Greeks and Romans! Gallicas are spring blooming shrubs with wonderfully...
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A Rose A Day: Blanc Double De Coubert
Blanc Double de Corbert is large Rugosa rose that has been around since 1892. This rose has pure white large double flowers with a very lovely fragrance. And, this year I had the pleasure of watching...
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A Rose A Day: Grande Dame
The Grande Dame is a lovely and very fragrant hybrid tea. Here’s what Weeks Roses has to say about this 2011 release… “Everything old is new again … or is it the other way around? Here’s a clean mean...
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A Rose A Day: Gene Boerner Floribunda
Gene Boerner is a beautiful, profusely-blooming floribunda with pointed exhibition form. This rose was named for Eugene Boerner who many believe had much to do with the development of the floribundas...
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A Rose A Day: New Dawn
One of my favorite roses is NEW DAWN. Healthy. Beautiful. Low maintenance. Sweetly fragrant. Over my Potting Shed last week… About… New Dawn is a large-flowering climber that was introduced in the...
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A Rose A Day: Francis E Lester
You know I love historical roses and some of my first roses came from Roses of Yesterday and Today 25 years ago. The story of Roses of Yesterday and Today intrigues me… It begins with the well-known...
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A Rose A Day: Graham Thomas
Graham Thomas is one of the roses that put me in the winner’s circle at the Indianapolis Rose Show last week! (See pics of the Rose Show here.) This rose is a rich, radiant yellow David Austin...
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A Rose A Day: Black Forest
Black Forest is one of the amazing roses in the Certified Rose Simply Brilliant Collection and it is truly a simply-brilliant winner! In 2010 this rose received the prestigious German ADR award for its...
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A Rose A Day: The Portlands
Portland roses make up a small, repeat blooming class of old garden roses. There is some question about their parentage but they are most commonly thought to be a chance crossing of Damasks and China...
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A Rose A Day: White Out
Another wonderful ever-blooming addition to my rose garden is White Out from the great folks at Star Roses and Plants who say, “this is the best white shrub rose we have introduced since Sea Foam over...
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A Rose A Day: Peggy Martin
This year I planted the Peggy Martin rose after hearing the amazing story behind the rose. Many of the historical roses I love are true survivors, but no rose has a more amazing story than the Peggy...
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Bloom Thyme Friday: Hyperion Daylilies
This week the garden is filled with color but most of the color is not coming from the roses. This is the time for the rose companions to take center stage. One of the flowers taking center stage is...
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Bloom Thyme…
This week most of the roses are taking a break and getting ready for another big flush giving many of the perennials and annuals their “time to shine!” And they are going for it… See what I mean… The...
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