This and my Salita are the only roses in bloom right now. Lots of buds though! If the deer keep away I should have a nice September!

108 today and will be 115 on Tuesday!!!
Cut all blooms put in vases.

PAK


Ambridge


Golden Celebration


Red Eden

Yikes! At least you saved the roses, Lynnez!

A few from today.
Appleblossom Flower Carpet

Candy Cane Cocktail

Tiffany

Yantai

You can take excellent photos with almost any lens, except a wide angle. I have posted many photos on this forum and you may or may not like them. Here's the process I use:
1. You must determine what you're trying to accomplish. My goal is to photograph the entire bloom in focus. I don't want the foliage in my image. This is entirely a personal preference.
2. I set my camera in aperture priority mode. In this mode you can set your f-stop to what's necessary to blur the background.
3. If you want to be certain that the image of the rose (as opposed to the background) is completely in focus you must position the camera/lens so that is parallel to the flower.
4.I use a high resolution camera and a 40mm fixed lens. I try different apertures, usually f/8 or f/11, to determine the amount background blur I want.
5.The lens I use requires me to get close to the bloom; any "normal" (such as the lens that typically comes with the camera) will do. As has been stated previously, using a zoom lens allows the photographer to stand further away.
6.I crop images to eliminate any extraneous stuff in the background.

We are currently at 100 here, we are 20 minutes from Bodega Bay. I don't have enough roses blooming right now to rescue, your blooms are stunning!!

Your arrangements put me to shame Lynnez! The Red Eden is my favourite. The vase, the arch of the flowers... just perfect!

Hiyamakki, the simple elegance of your arrangement is magical!

Lynnez, I'm so jealous of your perfect blooms and arrangements... but not your weather! I can't imagine that heat! (BTW, what is PAK?)

I like them all, Lynnez, but I particularly love the intentional artistry of the arrangement
for Red Eden. It may be that that was the last vase you had, but you used its form magnificently. David

Thank you, Sue, you are lucky to close to the bay!

Hiyanakki, your vase is very pretty too. I just got Red Eden this year, love it's color and form.

Mike, it is Princess Alexandra of Kent. It is brutal to the roses. The roses become dry flower within a day

Thank you, David, for your kind words.

@Mike
PAK is Princess Alexandra of Kent

Lynnez said:. It is brutal to the roses. The roses become dry flower within a day.

It has been, and will be, in the triple digits up here, too. This year is different in that it is not cooling off as much at night.

I think the roses are handling the heat a whole lot better than I am ...

A little change of subject...

You know how catalog descriptions of roses will sometimes say that a given rose is suited for growing under certain conditions? Well, I just read a description of Singin' in the Rain as being suitable for growing under power lines.

Huh.

Strange, I've never read a description like that.

109 today! Rescued few more this morning.
Happy Sunday!

PAK, Queen of Sweden


Paul Neyron


Ambridge

WOW those are nice pictures of blooming roses. I haven't had too many blooms but
it might be the very hot August weather here in Houston, TX.

Under those high powered lines there is a certain amount of, I'll call it, "escaped energy" that you can feel on damp days if you lightly touch something metal. Perhaps Singin' in the Rain enjoys the charge more than most.

Porkpal, I wonder if planting it there could power up my 'Electric Blanket'?

Lynnez, more gorgeous blooms and arrangements - so very nice!

Two miniature roses that I particularly like.
Rainbow's End




Denver's Dream

I love my Rainbow's Ends, although mine can grow taller than the typical 1 - 2 feet in height.