I have different varieties of hybrid roses. I wish I was brave enough to grow tea roses and antique roses but I am a bit intimidated by them. One of my favorite roses is New Dawn climbing rose. I wish they bloom as profusely as drift roses but I will take what I can get.
This was a new rose I added to my rose garden this year. I find its coral color to be so charming.
I like to think I am done adding garden beds for the season but I find myself flipping through gardening books and finding more and more inspirations to create more gardens. It truly never end and I love every second of it.
Here is one of the new gardens I planted a few weeks ago. It will be mostly roses as you walk down the path. As you can see half of my yard is completely shaded with big trees. Now that you have seen the rise of my roses, are you ready to see the fall of it? For the last few days it has been raining non stop. I woke up today to find my garden covered in rose petals and most of my plants flat on the ground....kinda sad and romantic at the same time. I spent this gloomy morning dead heading the roses.
My front garden just look like a sea of blue and purple.
I would love to hear about your favorite plants. I am such a novice gardener and I am learning as I go. I think I might just do one more garden bed...I swear I am done after that!! I have been dreaming of a peony and rose garden. I want to plant a row of peonies in the back with roses in the front. That way when peonies are done blooming then roses can take over. Can you recommend any roses that do well in zone 6? I love medium size roses that look and smell like roses but not as high maintenance. My little gardeners are ready for their summer vacation. I imagine a lot of the summer will be spent traveling or simply enjoying nature. I am quiet looking forward to both.
Happy Gardening, my friends.
Love,
Victoria
Beautiful pictures. Your little girls are adorable.
ReplyDeleteMy comment went poof. It's beautiful, Victoria, especially the girls, (and puppy too.) I think a garden is never done... just another path here or plant here... It grows with you and sleeps too... Enjoy your beginning of summer... xoox Su
ReplyDeleteLove the flowers and the girls of course! I am a novice gardner too so I wish I could give you help with recommendations!
ReplyDeleteYour garden is magical Victoria. What a gift you have given your girls. I still feel like a novice and I have been gardening for 25 yrs. I do not even know what drift roses are? I have always grown tea roses until a few years ago...when I added English Roses to our garden. Now they are my favorite. I am in a completely different zone than you so I do not have any tips. I wish we could have your down pour of rain. I have had to put umbrellas over our gardens and am deep watering just to keep them alive in this drought. It is so hot and dry already...with the temp. reaching the 100's. I wonder if you will ever try to plant a vegetable potager. My children only ate veggies from our garden when they were little. They loved growing their own food. You could begin with tomatoes and herbs. I do wish I had all your land...and flowers. So beautiful. xxo
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ReplyDeleteI think your garden rewards your hard work in a beautiful color profusion, so pretty. Love the photos of your daughters and dog, precious. I absolutely love your Coral roses.
Thanks for your visit tonight.
xoxo,
Vera
I'm envious of your garden, Victoria. It is absolutely gorgeous. Those roses are exquisite. I'd be of no help, as I'm a Texas gardener. Definitely plant peonies. I wish we could grow them here. Good luck, and keep on gardening. It's much work, but so worth the effort.
ReplyDeleteI always love admiring your photos, especially your adorable girls....it's great to see that your oldest is not camera shy anymore!
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I love your gardens! If you get a chance, check out fleamarketgardening.org . They have all sorts of info and ideas on gardening.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jackie. I am always looking for new places to learn more about gardening.
DeleteStunning Victoria. So beautiful and the pics of the girls oh my so sweet. LOVE!!!!
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Thank you, Kris. I wish I have your back patio with all those gorgeous annuals! Maybe next year.
DeleteOh I just love your garden Victoria. It is enchanting. I love all the soft colors and pretty roses. I can't help adding more roses and peonies each year. It is just so magical when our favorites flowers are in bloom. Enjoy your pretty garden.
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Hi Victoria, and you were worried that the winter would play havoc on your gardens come back and new growth. To see those poor roses laying in a bed of mud must of felt like you had to get out there and lift them up. Roses are so hardy and very hard to kill them they just have this way of standing up and facing the sun no matter what they have been through.
ReplyDeleteAs for the shaded areas you will have to look I to a shade garden one that can handle shade, it's a good area to relax I. With out to much direct sun.
Can you believe all the beauty in your growth and colours, it's like you have this little old English garden with such a cottage life. Your rains you could send us some this way.... We had one pre summer storm with down pouring rains all the way to Northern Ca. But not enough, and we don't expect to see any now for awhile. We here have garden hoses on drip for some day after day deep root watering, it's so dry and I am trying to keep the 3 planted pine trees alive they are almost 6 feet tall, and will mature to hide the view from the neighbors behind me.
Well my dear I have to congratulate you on your garden of beauty.
I have been looking at above ground gardens these past weeks, I want to get some of those big Galvanize water containers for cattle, sheep, and set a few in the yard and plant in the wild herbs so I have another demention to the height of the landscaping that is trying to fall all in place.
I want it to feel like a French garden with flea market treasures.
Perhaps you could hang some salvage chandeliers out in some of the trees letting them age that much more, and some cement urns, and statues? Always added charm like your garden bench.
The girls look so cute in their garden. Enjoy all the beauty it will be forever changing in life.
Xoxo
Dore
Oh Dore, I have so many plans for the garden. I want to add more containers and statues and water fountains. I just need to stop adding flowers first. As you know, gardening is an expensive hobby. We are planning to move to socal in a few years and I am sad just thinking about leaving my gardens!
DeleteOh Dore, I have so many plans for the garden. I want to add more containers and statues and water fountains. I just need to stop adding flowers first. As you know, gardening is an expensive hobby. We are planning to move to socal in a few years and I am sad just thinking about leaving my gardens!
DeleteYour roses are stunning! So beautiful, Victoria, and your New Dawn is beyond beautiful. We have both climbing as well as other roses in our garden. Roses are a little temperamental, but I encourage you to try one of the tea roses, they are heavenly!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. I get so tempted to plant tea roses. My local nursery was having a sale last week. Knowing me, I will probably start another rose garden just with tea roses.
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