I was finally home for long enough to be outside to take some pictures today! Most of my roses are blooming. Shown here is ‘Gemini’. A nice surprise was the bloom show put on by ‘Black Cherry’ this week…this was the rose that took the longest to start blooming, but now it is absolutely covered in beautiful red flowers! :) My new ‘Tuscan Sun’, ‘Purple Tiger’, and ‘Veteran’s Honor’ are supposed to arrive on Friday…just 6 days away…but who’s counting?
'Gemini' rose
With all the smoke in the air this week, we haven’t been outside that much. I did run out to snap this picture of my first purple coneflower bloom. I haven’t seen any butterflies on it, but tons of insects have been crawling all over it. Here’s hoping for some butterbird sightings for the cats (yes, anything that flies is a bird in Goldy’s eyes) and for some rain to put out some of these fires…
Purple coneflower
The rose bed is all done!!! It looks so good! This bloom is ‘Peace’. I can’t wait to see them all in bloom! I’m also really excited about my new mandevilla vine, which color coordinates quite nicely with my Rambo daylily. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since we started planting. Take a glance at the Garden Craze page to see how the yard has changed. :)
'Peace' rose