It's summer, all month! Gardeners in every zone should have roses in bloom now. Let's see those pictures!
The thumbnail photo for this month is Summer Song, a beautiful David Austin rose that seemed to come and go in an instant. It was available for only a few years before being ignored and forgotten by the powers that be at Austin headquarters.
I love July here because the hot weather eliminates some of my garden's problems. The heat of the last several weeks has produced a new flush of blooms and lots of new growth. The foliage previously marred by black spot has been replaced by beautiful spotless leaves. The saw flies have finished their dirty work and the curculio weevils are gone until next spring. The July flush of blooms might not be as magnificent as the one in May, but those blooms were best appreciated from a distance, far enough away not to see the damaged leaves. Now everything looks better up close.
