ERk, not Golden Celebration, Golden Masterpiece (I have 3 of them?). Oh well, I don't have Golden Celebration.. tried growing it once and it croaked almost immediately so I decided no on that one. LOL
Anyways, new pictures for today. Today's been a hot as hell day.. in the mid 90s I swear. I had to do some major rework on my mulch (used crappy weedblock fabric which I had to rip all out and put down good weedfabric, and I am suffering from it now with the extreme heat. I was smart and put a bandana around my forehead to capture all the sweat and didn't wear my glasses.. and when I came in about an hour and half later, I was able to squeeze about 1/4 cup of sweat out of the bandana (GROSS!!!). But I did get most of my work outside done before 1pm, and started working on the inside.. I must have been a totally evil person in a previous life because I definitely get NO rest! LOL!!
I took some pictures around 11am this morning of some of the nicer looking roses in the side/back yard. The front yard is just totally abloom .. all but 2 roses are actually blooming so it's looking super sweet. But, with the heat of the day, most of the blooms went BLEH so I wasn't able to get a good shot this afternoon of the whole yard. I'm aiming for a whole-yard shot this Wednesday before it hits 100+ on Thursday. So here's some pix. And before anyone comments on how lush & green the foliage looks without a speck of blackspot anywhere.. realize that it's because we haven't had any decent moisture really this year (we're still heavily in a drought) and I haven't watered the yard in over a week. We got some rain last weekend (17-19th) of about an 1"+, but that's almost it for the entire month. So, yes, no blackspot. But at the same time, my water bill is ridiculous.
Betty Boop, Ruby Ruby, Henry Fonda, and various shrubs - front yard
Blue Bayou - front yard (first 2 are from this morning, 3-5 are from this afternoon)
Blue Girl & "Blue" noid - front yard
California Dreamin' - front yard (not a happy rose.. but survived & is now blossoming!)
Henry Fonda - front yard
Intrigue - front yard
Judy Garland - front yard (first 2 pictures are from this morning, next 1 is from this afternoon.. look how orange she got in just 4 hours!)
Mardi Gras - front yard
Montezuma - front yard
Oktoberfest - side yard
Orange Velvet - front yard
Oranges & Lemons - front yard (first blooms this year, hoping to get some major gorgeous ones like 2 years ago)
Our Lady de Guadalupe - side yard
Paradise - front yard (I need to deadhead)
Pure Perfume - side yard
Scentimental - front yard
Shockwave - side yard
Tuscan Sun & Sonia - front yard (last year I didn't like Tuscan Sun at all .. this year, wow!)
White NoID - back yard (this was labeled Chrysler Imperial.. I know it's a hybrid tea & it smells WONDERFUL!! I had just finished watering this section.)
