Ok, I get insanely jealous watching everyone post gorgeous roses already, so I wandered around the front yard & took pictures of some of my roses and how gorgeous they are. I can't wait to see everyone turn green with envy! Oh yea, my yard's lookin' good. This is not all of the roses, but the "better looking" ones.

Blue Bayou


Blue Girl


Cardinal de Hume


Circus


Dick Clark


Dolly Parton


Europeana


Gemini


Golden Masterpiece


Heirloom


Henry Fonda


Ice Girl


JFK


Joseph's Coat


Judy Garland


Julia Child


Lady Banks


Mardi Gras


Melody Perfume


Montezuma


Orange Velvet


Oranges & Lemons


Othello


Perfume Tiger


Purple Heart


Ruby Ruby


Scentsation


Singin' the Blues


Sonia


Sterling Silver


Sunny Delite


Sunsprite


Yankee Doodle

Heh Heh, I have a lot of roses that look like that. My Cardinal Hume, however, stayed green through the winter and is going like gangbusters. No flowers yet, but it and Le Reve are having a competition for "earliest to leaf out and stay leafed out through the yo-yo weather." Actually, Rise 'n' Shine, Cherry Parfait, and Rainbow Sorbet would be on that list, too. Several of roses that arrived with leaves on or roses that leaved out too early are a total wreck. Futura, for example, I'm 99% sure I lost thanks to yo-yo weather.

Like an idiot, I planted my shipment from Rogue Valley Roses as frigid weather blew in. I got half the roses into the ground and gave up because the wind was too cold. The temp dipped into the teens. Froze the bejeezus out of most of the RVR roses that I had planted. Then, two days later I planted the rest. And they are all pretty happy. Some of the RVR roses I planted before the freeze are putting out new growth.

Fun photos.

Nice mulch, Toni!

well Now I don't feel so bad !! as mine look just like that except for the ones the bunnies ate to the ground I'v found 32 of the 38
Gloria

Gloria - I pulled dead budunion roses on Sunday & took 'em back to Home Depot.. didn't matter if I'd bought them there or not 'cuz I had receipts for like 60+ roses. Looks like I lost only like 15ish roses total throughout the whole yard, which is pretty good considering how many I had put in. I've got the 3 from Edmunds going in today, another 5(?) coming in from Palatine on Friday, and then a whole mess of 'em (15?) from RU this week too (in theory). Oh, and a couple from Burling. So my yard will start getting filled up. Don't have bunny problems.. got dogs so no bunnies. Missing 1 specific rose.. can't find my Firefighter anywhere. Guess I'll have to get another copy of him. Did pick up Sweetness (my first real rose of the season!) on Sunday.

Got a mushy hail storm last night that ended up being that nasty storm that's hitting Arkansas right now :(. But it also frosted pretty heavily, but I don't think it was a killing frost.

No roses coming this year as I have to pay for water hook up and I'm going to N.Y. to see my grand kids graduate so I will be doing a lot of bed moving ;0) funny how when you redo a bed how much BIGGER the get !!!!!! may be next year I will have new roses to report
Gloria

Gloria - I understand that! I'm redoing a bed in the front.. it is right now primarly a rock bed (well, mostly bindweed), but I'm ripping out all the rock (probably have to go down about 6" for the entire bed ) and redoing it. That's where I'm putting in a lot of irises & I'll be getting a baby Prariefire Crabapple to put in that spot! Yay!!

OH I bet thats going to look AWSOME I have to do mine becouse when they put the water line in there going to destroy my front yard along the ditch and from what I'm seeing down the rd. I think I'm going to throw up its just beyond my worst night mear what there doing

oooh.. :( *HUG* I just love it when the city/county decides that this is what is best for you, no matter what YOU say. I'm always fighting Comcast because the main connection box is in my front yard.. and I hate it.

this is an old pic but from the far drive on left to the flox will have to come out its to close to the ditch :

oh lordy, how green & beautiful... *sigh* *cries* my yard will never look that good (mainly 'cuz I haven't any grass).

how restful. I could just imagine plopping my big butt on that bench & watching the hummingbirds... how wonderful.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful spot.

thank you Toni !!! my fav place to be is on my porch in the evening we live across the road from Sanford lake its so peaceful than

wow, that's so wonderful.. so peacefully quiet! I'm so jealous.

that is sure some great plant shots skie. you and old rose have the uncanny ability to make me spit all over myself when i read the things yall say. and what on earth have you got for your avatar this week?