I'm enjoying your captions as much as your photos: "When I open the back door Lillian Gibson slaps me in the face and Constance Spry beckons me to come take a whiff."

with Zuzu about the captions and the bunnies! I really love the tour of your roses and always love when you share the pets, geese or bunnies!

Thanks Zuzu and Sue.
I started putting my geese flock name on their pics cuz people where stealing them and using them without permission on their ad's on ebay, websites etc. so I thought heck, I should put the roses names on the pics for easy reference and because I'm getting senile and forgot whose-sometimes if its a rose I don't have anymore.

For Zuzu...my garden kitty..."Miss Kitty"





Sadly we had to put down our 20 yr. old cat Gremlin this past winter.
Miss her terribly.

Oh, sweet Gremlin's gone? So sad. But what a wonderful pet owner you are to keep her alive so long. Monty, my oldest, is 18 and I don't think he'll last another two years.

Miss Kitty is lovely as always.

Another vote for Centifolia Village Maid! I'm quite taken with it.

Thanks Zuzu and Mike!
The Roses are breathtaking this year!
I walk out the door in the morning, GASP, then do a 180 and go back and grab my camera.
New pics from today. More tomorrow.

Constance Spry...incredible!!!





LOVE Belle!





Just picked up picket fence for my small potting shed/veggie patch!
So excited! Can't wait to put it up.
I told my husband I'm more excited about getting fencing than jewelry.
He just shakes his head at me.

For Mike.
Sorry for obsessing over this rose.
Wish you could see it in person.
Just breathtaking!

Vicky, your garden is very appealing, thank you for letting us in! Your wonderful pictures of Village Maid really make me want to find one to add to my collection.

Thanks much PP Village Maid is a once bloomer and I don't know how Centifolias do in warm climates.
Does anybody know?
But alas you can grow China roses...I hate you!
I most likely got it from Pickerings the main source of many of my antique roses.
I miss my annual Pickerings rose buying ritual.

UGH! Getting worn out re-formatting photos but here's some more.
Sue thanks for the heads up on the typo.

Gorgeous Vicky!
(By the way, you left the S off of Amethyst in the second photo.)

I love the color of St Cecilia! Please don't get tired of posting, I'm sure we're all as delighted by your roses as I am.

porkpal said:I love the color of St Cecilia! Please don't get tired of posting, I'm sure we're all as delighted by your roses as I am.

Oh I guess that didn't sound right....I didn't mean I didn't like posting pics here...its just that I've been taking SO many pics it's very time consuming sorting and reformatting them but its been a long time since I've had such a FAB rose crop so worth preserving the memories.

We appreciate your efforts - as well as the luscious display!

Thanks for your thoughtfulness PP.

I'm obsessed with Rugosa Polareis the last few days.
This huge shrub is covered in masses of these heavenly blossoms!




Felicitie Parmentier is one of my favorite Albas.
Its trying to steal Louise Odier's tressis. Bad Felicitie.

Rambler's gone wild!

Gorgeous Vicky! and I love that little Rooguchi clematis scrambling through Louise Odier's and bad Felicitie, I have one in my Aloha Hawaii.

I have one climbing through my Crepuscule. It's the best clematis to grow with roses!

I love your ramblers, CR. They really are going wild, and all of this is happening before Japanese Beetle season. What luck!