I think I prefer my star of yelta purple morning glories, thanks. They were the first seeds planted in my first garden. They have reseeded themselves every year. I have some in my garden that popped up in some of the pots in the pot ghetto.

I had some bindweed, but i think it is gone.

Want some crab grass? dandelions? The absolute worst is the trees! I am picking up every acorn that I see so that the squirrels don't plant more in the yard. tons of other trees are coming back from the cut stumps. They grow so fast! I have been cutting and pulling them all summer. They seem to resprout overnight. I broke down and put roundup concentrate on my shopping list. I am going to try to paint the new trees. I hate the idea of weed killer, but I can't keep up.

And here I'm about ready to buy an oak tree to put in the ground.... and you're digging them out as weeds!!! LOLLLLLL!!!! And if I had those morning glorys I'd be jumping up & down for joy. Those are GORGEOUS! The morning glory that's a weed of some kind here has absolutely almost no flower to speak of. The flower is honestly about 1/16th of an inch across & a miniscule white. I didn't even know they were flowers until I put them under a magnifying glass! But the seed pods are pretty big compared to the flower.. the seed pods are about 1/8th of an inch across. But one strand of this plant can produce like 200 seed pods!!! 3 years ago, I didn't have this weed, and this year, it's actually out competing the bindweed!!! At least bindweed has a flower to see...

I have tons of seeds of the morning glories, send me a treemail with your address! They reseed every year, but the seedlings are easy to recognize with their heart shaped leaves. I suppose, they could be a nuisance in warmer climates. They reseed enough to be reliable, but not enough to be a nuisance in my gardens. None have escaped into the wild, but many have been welcomed into friend's gardens. Hummingbirds like them also. There may be a couple of bright eyed girl bright pink seeds in there also. I had combined them on one trellis in the sanity gap garden. They are really pretty together.

They are much easier to pull out than oak trees! I can throw in some acorns or an intact oak tree if you want. I feel guilty pulling out plants, but I really want a cottage garden! I am getting so discouraged lately, but I am not giving up yet.

If anyone else wants purple morning glory seeds, acorns, baby oak trees, ferns, rosa multiflora, black raspberries, basic old fashioned lilacs....let me know. I am constantly keeping them in bounds.

I also have a collection of yellow marigolds. I am the only person on the planet excited about these seeds, it seems. I like to grow marigolds in the gardens, especially by my tomatoes. they draw pollinators and keep all sorts of pests away. They flower nonstop, while the garden divas sulk. I like yellow yellow - not orange yellow. I have big African and small French ones. My neighbor put in flats of short French marigolds with larger than average lemon yellow blooms. I make sure they get deadheaded well. I want to grow some of those next year. I have some "white" marigold seed. My seed starting has been on hold for two winters while I was busy moving. I'll make up for it this year!

Andi, I'm sorry I can't tell if you were kidding or not about sending people multiflora rose. Just in case you weren't joking, here's some reading you might look at before you send out any multiflora rose:
http://www.eddmaps.org/Wildlif...
There's several links on that page describing how invasive and destructive this rose is, and maps showing how many states have it on their invasive (banned) lists.
Anyone finding this rose on their property should take steps to get rid of it, and should stay vigilant about watching for it to regrow.
There's been quite a bit written about the history behind multiflora rose and Rose Rosette Disease, so I won't go into all of it, but I will say your best way to prevent losing your roses to RRD is to remove any and all multiflora roses.
Yes it is used as a rootstock, but that is a whole different cup of tea. No issues with the rootstock.
Again, sorry if you were joking, I tend to take things literally.

I was kidding about the multiflora and the oak trees.

I am tempted to dig up a few monster roses and try my hand at grafting - not for sale, just as an educational exercise.

I was concerned about multiflora and rosette disease since there are tons growing in the wild areas near my home. I removed specimens from my yard, the empty wooded area adjacent to my yard and directly across the street just in case. Luckily, according to Penn State outreach and other agencies, there aren't problems with rosette disease in the area (yet). I hope the big box stores are getting their knock out roses from virus free growers. They seem to be selling lots of them this year.

However, I was serious about yellow marigolds. I have been searching for true yellow marigolds (not goldenrod yellow). I thought that I had the best kind, but my neighbor planted some really nice large flowered short true lemon yellow marigolds this year. He got them in multipacks in the store, no tag, so I don't know the variety. Hope they come true from seeds.

Guess what jumped into my cart at Home Depot - Adobe Sunset. I was poking around the plant to be sure it was own root. Own root floribundas are wonderful in the garden. I especially love ones like Adobe Sunset with full blooms. I am moving the pot around to see where I want to plant it.

I had planted a small climbing orange rose last year also - It survived but hasn't started blooming, yet. I forget the name, but I will try to remember to pop back.

I am reworking the rocks surrounding this planter. I also added a raised planting area in the center. it would be a topic for a different thread in a different forum.

Adobe Sunset looks like a beauty! I picked up a Westerland this spring and last spring planted a Lady Emma Hamilton I ordered from David Austin. I'm hoping the Lady Emma will strut her stuff this year, she didn't do much last.

Andi, I'm not finding Adobe Sunset in the database, but Adobe Sunrise- is that you found at Home Depot? It is gorgeous!


I love orange roses too and added a few this spring. The brightest is Orange Corsair, its almost neon!

That's the one I was thinking of as well. I think google automatically changed it for me.

Seen this one today at a greenhouse. Stood out so beautiful and BRIGHT!
Tender Moments

I mistyped the name. That is it! Adobe Sunset. It is really pretty. Not super bright, but super pretty. I am happy with it.

I have a small, own root climbing rose in orange. I am too hot and lazy to look up its name.It is growing , but hasn't bloomed, yet. I want to grow it around the lamp post with something purple - clematis, probably.

I have another spot ready for 'Christopher Marlowe' or other rose. The mix of coral and pink would work well wit other plants in the bed. I will probably wait to order it online own root in the spring unless I run across something suitable. I grew CM before, but it didn't survive a mid summer garden remodel - what was I thinking, moving roses in the summer? It was my novice rose growing era.

The location gets full sun before the leaves leaf out on the trees (and lots of sun in years when the gypsy moth caterpillars are bad). It gets morning and afternoon sun but some filtered shade during the hottest part of the day. It isn't a perfect rose location - but nothing in the Poconos, PA is a perfect rose location. I think it will suit the orange roses because the mid day filtered shade may slow fading. If it doesn't work, I can move them to the back yard where there is more mid day sun

I want to add a black leaved shrub for contrast. I need to research that more.

I had a Westerland that didn't survive the moves. I will replace it next time I order from Chamblees. I don't have room in this garden for it, but I can plant it elsewhere.

It is ending up less bright than my original vision, but I am happy with the progress so far. I will have to see what I think when the tiger lilies bloom. If I don't like it, I will move the rose - in the spring, not the summer. I make lots of gardening mistakes, but try not to repeat the same ones twice.

I think I already said it, but pictures say a thousand words. I know weather and other factors can affect the color of a rose in a particular garden so to give you an idea of how Not coral or even remotely warm for that matter Christopher Marlow is here I just took pics of all my roses..
Christoper Marlowe Older Bloom
CM New

Sweet Fragrance

Lady Emma Hamilton

Mardi Gras

Tahitian Sunset

Folklore

Lady of Shalott


It's been quite hot here Right now it's 84 and it has been mid 80's and hotter all week. We gad a quick thunderstorm last night and I swear all the roses looked more orange yesterday when it was bone dry except CM - it was as pink as usual

Gorgeous, Meredith! Sweet Fragrance, Mardi Gras, and Tahitian Sunset all just went on my wish list! Do you grow these near each other? I love all the photos together- lots of lovely sunset shades!

Thank you Neal, yes they are close to eachother. I was just out taking pictures. When I get them off the camera I'll post a long shot.

I'm nuts over the oranges that transition into pink and coral shades, so that planting sounds wonderful!

I use those colors in the west beds. On this hilltop, the sunsets are beautiful. I get particularly giddy when the garden colors echo the sunsets!

Oranges that don't transition into pinks has been challenging. I want those for a bed of red, orange, and gold. I'm starting to relax a bit about being so OCD about color harmony. So many reds have pink undertones too, and my desire to see roses out there is stronger than my desire to have the color scheme I had in mind

I am the same way.. I have this idea that everything has to be a certain color scheme for certain spots, then my love of plants sometimes takes over and I let them stay where they don't belong! Here is a perfect example!

The Sweet William were supposed to be weeded out unless they were a certain color. But tehy smell soo wonderful and I love how much color is there right now. I just haven't been able to rip them out. I started some more from seed this spring so maybe I will keep them in pots and replace all these with them mid August, so they will be nice for next year.

I just tried to load the long shot of the roses and realized the angle I took it at doesn't show all of them! I will go try again.

A few mislabeled roses will easily spoil any color coordination planned. I gave up long ago - well, almost.

What a pretty garden Meredeth!

I've enjoyed reading through this thread and seeing some beautiful orange roses.
My 'Christopher Marlowe' is also small, like Zuzu's.. I think the flowers are somewhat mutable according to age and weather.


The only orange I have is 'Fred Loads'.. I'd actually call it Vermillion.. It's a huge plant no matter how hard I cut it back.


'Festival Fanfare' is a child of 'Fred Loads', and not nearly as big.. It combines the vermillion with pink to good effect, I think.

Thank you Sherry!
My Christopher Marlowe is also small, it can't beat the Lavender. I had read it is a great companion to roses to hide the bare stems near the bottom. The only rose that grows the right way for the lavender to be perfect with is the Mardi Gras and it is no where near my lavender. Another thing if I could go back in time and do differently I would. :)



I can't fit all the Roses in one shot I tried every angle.

Lovely garden Meredith! I love the colors you're using and how the garden is on both sides of the fence.