Lolita, a Kordes HT


This stunning HT bloom is a Japanese bred rose by Suzuki named Asagumo AKA Oriental Dawn.


Oriana, a Tantau HT


Another Kordes HT named Kölner Karneval, AKA in English as Cologne Carnival & Blue Girl


High Esteem, a HT


Edited name, not sure, grabbed the wrong tag for this one


Bill Warriner, a prolific Zary floribunda


Barbara, a Jean-Marie Gaujard HT


Aloha, Boerner's climbing HT


Chromatella, an old 1843 Noisette



And last, the fading coral Austin beauty from my garden (now planted in a large pot) Summer Song.


Hope you enjoyed the tour!

That's Zuzu, glad you enjoyed them! And thanks Porkpal too, missed your post earlier.
Throwing in one more image, a daylily of my Mom's named Chevron Spider that bloomed yesterday.

I am keeping my eyes open for Summer Song on its own roots. No hurry, I could squeeze a floribunda or mini into my overcrowded garden, but an Austin would be a challenge.

Secret is gorgeous and according to hmf it can be grown in Montana. I will add that to the hybrid tea section of my "try someday" list.

The mini "ring of fire" would look nice with some of my other minis, especially rainbow's end.

I am always surprised that very few Austin collections include Wildeve. Maybe people thing "yet another pale pink" but I really like it. It has a touch of yellow at the base of each petal. It varies a bit with the weather.

Speaking of minis, time to get myself outside and move a couple of minis to the front of the expanded flower bed. I extended it twice this year, now I have no grass left and don't have to pick up dog poop from my neighbors (*)*^*& dogs anymore. Now that my grass is gone, they walk their dogs on the other side of the sidewalk or in the other direction. Yippee. After I lost my Westie,Tiffany, this July I completely lost patience for this. I have adoption pending for a new canine gardening companion (chronicled on the companion list). I also got a bag of flea/tick/mite killer to put near my place when I am done in the garden. I resent having to go to such lengths to protect my dog from other people's dogs. Some of these dogs obviously don't get disease protection or vet visits. (Someone's small dog has had worms since February. If they picked up after it, they would notice that.) End of rant. Now that the grass is gone, I can enjoy mini roses instead of cursing the neighbors under my breath. (I made sure that I told anyone that chatted with me outside why I was extending the garden. Maybe that helped also.)

I need to add more companion plants like perennial geranium and Chinese forget-me-nots. Does the San Jose garden feature any companion plantings? Pictures that I have seen showed rectangular plantings of multiple plants of each kind of rose. Must be fabulous. I would love to see pictures taken from an airplane/blimp/hot air balloon.

No companion plants in this garden, strictly roses and I am not sure of the rose count they are up to now, last I heard it was over 4500. Here are several images of the overall gardens and if you scroll through it, on the 3rd page there is an aerial shot of the design of circular curved beds. http://www.helpmefind.com/gard...

Now, that is my idea of crop circles.

http://www.helpmefind.com/gard...

Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen that part of hmf. It helps me to understand their garden better. They still have room for more roses!

Bravo Sue!!!! Love your pics!!!!! oh I could just imagine walking with you there!!!! ah to think that I have been there!!!!
Gorgeous pic... loved them all... good to see some of my roses that died darn zone 6a! I miss so many of my minis...
ah it's life...

Big hug !