When I was taking a break outside, I saw splotches of color on the roses ... I don't wear my glasses outside ..
... and thought, "The roses made it through three months of triple digit temps and are going into winter healthier than I thought they would." These aren't great photos, but they will give you a sense of what I was seeing.
I only took photos of part of the house pad garden because I have wood rounds that need to be split on the other side of the garden. Even with the wood mess, I felt good about the roses surviving pretty well in this summer of drought.
No close ups because we had enough rain to spoil the blooms, but there is color in the back yard ....
Kardinal lost a lot of foliage due to water stress, but it is putting out blooms.
I didn't water the junipers all summer. This is the fir tree that I saved by drip watering for weeks.
A couple of shots of the roses and the slope:
There are no frosts predicted, so I may end up with even more blooms.
Smiles,
Lyn
