Festival of Roses ~ Grand Finale ~ A Dozen Roses

‘Show Biz’ a Floribunda rose that has been blooming all summer on short and stout plants (2 feet tall). All-America Rose Selection in 1985.

Festival of Roses ~ Grand Finale ~ A Dozen Roses

Day Twelve of the Digital Flower Pictures.com Rose Festival

Scroll down for today's Wordless Wednesday post.

I would like to thank everybody who visited this site during the Rose Festival. Thanks for leaving the comments and encouragement. I learned a lot about roses and I hope you learned a little bit and maybe will be inspired to try some of these great roses. Rose culture isn’t that hard to get the hang of especially with today’s disease resistant varieties. You do have to keep after them and I know that isn’t for some people. So for today I have decided to post a dozen roses, you'll have to count the 'Sunset Celebration' Wordless Post below. I tried to crush the pictures down as small as possible but it is still going to be a lot.

Here we go (some of the roses have been posted before during the Festival and on this site. These are all new views of the varieties and most varieties are making their first appearance):

‘Eureka’, a beautiful Apricot blend rose introduced in 2003. Won the All-America Rose Selection the same year.

‘Ultimate Pink’, Jackson & Perkins 1999 Rose of the Year. Hybrid Tea rose.

‘The Fairy’, a pink Polyantha rose developed in the 1930’s. Still a strong performer and a good landscape rose.

‘Gene Boerner’, bred by and named after Gene ("Papa Floribunda") Boerner. AARS award in 1969.

‘Escapade’, a highly disease resistant Floribunda Rose.

‘Playboy’, 1976 introduction from Scotland.

‘Melody Perfume’ a French rose bred in 1992 and introduced into the US in 1997. Strong fragrance.

‘Republic of Texas’, a Pioneer Rose introduced in 2006. You would think Texas would have a bigger more grand rose named after it.

‘Charlotte Armstrong’, the second oldest rose on this list. Breakthrough breeding in 1940 and All-America Rose Selection in 1941. Hybrid Tea.

This is an unknown pink rose growing at the farm. Let me know if you recognize it.

I am going to take Friday off from this blog and pick it up again on Saturday, hopefully with some fall flowers. Since I have been focusing on the roses I will have to see what is blooming. I want to get some seasonal pictures, too. Happy rose growing.

Festival of Roses ~ Day Twelve ~ Wordless

Festival of Roses ~ Day Eleven ~ ABC Wednesday

Hybrid Tea Rose 'Legend'

Festival of Roses ~ Day Eleven ~ ABC Wednesday

2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues

Happy ABC Wednesday to all.

Today’s featured rose is the Hybrid Tea, Legend. It was bred by William Warriner, who I think, has become my favorite rose breeder. Jackson and Perkins and Mr. Warriner are quite a team. ‘Legend’ is a beautiful rose that seemed to me to be classic in every sense of the word. Just a straight ahead red rose with nice sized flowers growing on long stems. Dark green glossy foliage completes the package.

Some facts on Legend:
Class: Hybrid Tea
Origin: William A. Warriner, US, 1992
U.S. Introduction: Jackson & Perkins Co.
Petal Count: 45
Fragrance: Strong, Fruity
Parentage: Grand Masterpiece × Seedling
Synonyms: JACtop

Here is something I hadn’t seen the actual Patent document for a rose variety:
click here

Keeping with my Rose Festival so far I thought I would post at least a couple of ‘L’ roses. This next one is a cute little bugger that I saw in the Bronx. I almost missed as the other shrub roses were kind of smothering it. It is actually a Floribunda rose. I was kind of neutral about white roses but they are actually very beautiful particularly when the light strikes them right.

Floribunda Rose 'Lion's Fairy Tale'
Origin: W. Kordes & Sons., Germany, 2002
U.S. Introduction: Ashdown Roses, 2007
Fragrance: Mild Sweet
Synonyms: Champagne Moment, KORvanaber, Lions-Rose

Pioneer Shrub Rose F. J. Lindheimer

I took the pictures of this rose on Saturday. It is a Pioneer Shrub Rose called F. J. Lindheimer. It was really nice for a shrub rose, growing on a semi-compact bush with clean recurved foliage. The colors vary with the seasonal temperatures.


I think I will wrap up the festival tomorrow. I am running out of rose photos and I need to try and capture some of the fall flowers and foliage before they are gone.

Here are some of the other blogs that are participating in ABC Wednesday. If you want to join let me know and I will add your link.

mrs nesbitts place
hin's photoblog
tech the man
a bit of this a dash of that
Little Rock Daily Photo
photoxication
Kissing the Dogwood
strolling through Georgia
Ruth's Garden Blog
dwq online
kate isis
bidadlah.com
photography by kml
AVCR8TEUR'S Blog
Salty Dogs
The Modern Goddess
Simply Sage
HeART of the Nest
Gemmas House
author blog
kai
Mollitudes
Ten Forty Blogspot
Nevada Daily Photo
Ackworth born, gone West

Not all the blogs are participating each week but most are.

Festival of Roses ~ Day Ten ~ Close ups

Festival of Roses ~ Day Ten ~ Close ups

2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues

If you are here for Wordless Wednesday's Tuesday edition scroll down to the next post.

I thought I would have a day where I posted some of the close up I have (tried) to take recently. I don’t have as much time as I would like to explain about the roses today. I have been practicing a lot since I have to play at a benefit next week. I scrapped together a band from three other ones that I used to play in. It has been nice to see old friends and since I haven’t playing much lately it is nice to get back into it a bit.

This first rose is one of the 25 or so roses that I can’t identify in the rose garden at the farm. I am calling Austin rose but I don’t think I have seen this particular one before. I thought it might be ‘Heritage’ but it does have a lot of yellow in it. This is one of the few pictures you will ever see on this blog that I used a flash on. I seemed to work out okay.

Honey Bee and the Shrub Rose ‘Rhapsody in Blue'

Hybrid Musk Rose 'Eva'

Here is a list of roses I have been tending to at the farm:

Abraham Darby *
Aromatherapy *
Baronne Prévost*
Bishop’s Castle
Bonica
Change of Heart *
Chrysler Imperial
Cinnamon Twist *
Double Delight
Elle
Eglantyne
Evelyn
Fairy
Falstaff *
Fountain Square
Fragrant Keepsake
Gertrude Jekyll
Gene Boerner
Graham Thomas
Grand Finale
Heaven and Earth
Heirloom *
Heritage *
Honey Perfume *
Hot Cocoa *
Iceberg
John F. Kennedy
Love and Peace
Madame Plantier *
Melody Perfume *
Memorial Day *
Moondance *
Opening Night
Outrageous *
Peace *
Perfume Delight *
Perfume Perfection *
Princess Diana
Queen Elizabeth *
Scentimental *
Sheer Bliss *
Show Biz *
Shymus Serpylum
Spellbound
Spice Time
Strike it rich *
Sunset Celebration *
Touch of Class
Tournament of Roses
Tradescant
Tropicana *
Ultimate Pink *
Voodoo
White Lightnin'

The * denotes multiples of that variety, for instance there are seven ‘Tropicana’ bushes but most varieties have 2 or 3. Additionally there roughly 25 that I can’t identify yet (haven’t given up hope) and ‘holes’ for 25-30 more plants. I am going to get them in the spring. Previously they have lost about anywhere from 25 to 50 plants over the winter. The garden is in a very cold pocket of Zone 6 and most of these roses are rated for Zone 7.



This last picture is ‘Snowbird’, a hybrid tea rose. I had to chuckle about the name because I am often seeking refuge in Florida as a snowbird during the winter. Not sure how I got the blue metallic look as this rose is usually a little off-white. Probably the white balance was off but I went with anyway.

Festival of Roses ~ Day Nine ~ Shrub Roses

'Quietness' a Modern Shrub rose developed by Dr. Griffith J. Buck

Festival of Roses ~ Day Nine ~ Shrub Roses

2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues

I have shied away from posting a lot of shrub roses because I really don’t deal with them that often. I like them but I guess the one-time bloom thing has probably turned me off a bit. Maybe I should think of them as Rhododendrons, Azaleas and Lilacs; they only bloom once a year, too. All that said I think that shrub roses are growing on me (pun intended). As I have posted before I am really starting to like the David Austin roses and the big shrub roses in my garden have actually been producing some flowers and look like they have a flush of blooms before the frost (it is going to be a race against the clock, however). So this isn’t the place to come for expert advice on caring for your shrub roses, yet. I have a lot to learn about tending them and a short time to do it.

Shrub roses is kind of an all encompassing term when you think about it. Pretty much all roses are shrubs, but the classification is for basically any rose that doesn’t go into any of the other classes. There is such a variety of forms and flowers that it would be difficult to come up with an exact definition. One nice thing about the shrub roses is they are generally hardier.

Here is so more information on Shrub Roses:
Illinois U.

and there is a definition on this page:
Amity Heritage Roses

The first couple of today’s roses were shot at the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden. They have an unbelievable collection of shrub roses though a lot weren’t blooming when I was there.


‘Quietness’ facts:
Class: Modern Shrub/Buck Rose
Origin: Dr. Griffith J. Buck, US
U.S. Introduction: Roses Unlimited, 2003
Petal Count: 41
Fragrance: Moderate
Good disease resistance.

This next rose is really a soft pink. The buds on this rose were kind of small but nice and the flowers opened to an average size.. This is another Buck rose which were bred in Iowa. They can stand up to harsh winters and humid summers. There wasn’t much information on this rose but here is the Buck Rose Homepage

'Country Music'

'Country Music'
Class: Modern Shrub/Buck Rose
Origin: Dr. Griffith J. Buck, US
Fragrance: Mild

I couldn’t really talk about shrub roses without having at least a couple of David Austin roses although a lot of people put them in their own class. Here are two that I had photos of. I have featured several other Austin roses over the last couple of months.
David Austin's English Shrub Rose 'Winchester Cathedral'

'Winchester Cathedral' facts:
Class: Modern English Shrub/ David Austin
Origin: David Austin, UK, 1988
Petal Count: Fully Double Blooms
Fragrance: Mild
Parentage: Sport of Mary Rose
Synonyms: AUScat, White Mary Rose, Winchester

'The Shepherdess' another David Austin English rose.
This rose was a nice apricot color and the plant seemed to be a little smaller than most Austins. It is a new rose and there is also a Floribunda rose with this name. I don’t know how they work that out. According to Austin’s website, “The Shepherdess is named after a character in Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia, published in 1593”.

Class: Modern English Shrub/ David Austin
Origin: David Austin, UK, 2007
U.S. Introduction: David Austin Roses Limited (USA), 2207
Petal Count: 41
Synonyms: Austwist

Here are the two roses I bought on Saturday and I plan on planting them today.

‘Red Fairy’ a disease resistant Polyantha rose.

‘Bonica’
Class: Modern Shrub
Origin: Meilland International, France, 1982
Petal Count: 17-25
Fragrance: Mild
Parentage: Seed: Rosa sempervirens L. × Mademoiselle Marthe Carron Pollen: Picasso
Synonyms: Bonica '82, Bonica Meidiland, Demon


That is all I have time for today. Tune in tomorrow as the Festival of Roses continues!

Festival of Roses ~ Day Eight

Festival of Roses ~ Day Eight

2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues

I guess I got my days messed up as I had two Day Sixes. My trip to Long Island was enjoyable and I even bought a few roses. The perennial nursery is starting to sell shrub roses so I picked up three ‘Bonica’. One Fairy Queen (which is a red) and a couple of ‘Seafoam’. I am going to plant them in the borders I am fixing up. I thought that they would make a nice backdrop.

Today I am off in search of a few more rose shots. I am cleaning off some memory cards to take with me. I wanted to wake up at 5:30 am but slept a little later than that so I a little pressed for time. So here are today’s roses.

This first rose is ‘Jardins de Bagatelle’, which is named after the famous gardens in Paris. It is listed as a Grandiflora and a Hybrid Tea rose and it certainly looks to me like a Hybrid Tea.

Jardins de Bagatelle:
Origin Meilland International, France, 1986
Fragrance: Strong
Parentage: Seed: Queen Elizabeth × Elegy, Pollen: MEIdragelac
Synonyms: Karl Heinz Hanisch, Queen Silvia, Sarah

This second rose is a shrub rose named ‘Midnight Blue’. Of course there is no such thing as a blue rose but the color on this flower is fantastic. The flowers are small and borne in clusters although the color more than makes up for that. I would like to do a whole post on shrub roses. They are plants that I am starting to appreciate the beauty of.

'Midnight Blue' considered a mauve blend rose.
Class: Shrub
Origin: Tom Carruth, US, 2004
U.S. Introduction: Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, 2005
Petal Count: 17-25
Fragrance: Strong, Spicy
Synonyms: WEKfabpur


Since I haven’t featured to many Yellow roses here is the Hybrid Tea called ‘Midas Touch’. It is a deep yellow and grows on a disease resistant bush. The legends of King Midas are well known including his rose garden.

Hybrid Tea 'Midas Touch'
Class: Hybrid Tea
Origin: Jack E. Christensen, US, 1992
U.S. Introduction: Bear Creek Gardens, Inc., 1994
Fragrance: Yes, musk
Parentage: Brandy × Friesensöhne
Synonyms: JACtou


I had this rose labeled as ‘Grande Amore’ but I don’t think that is it. It looks a lot like the Austin English rose ‘Tamora’ but I am not sure. Since I like to keep this place as factually correct as possible lets just call it a beautiful apricot blend rose.

Festival of Roses ~ Day Six ~ Floribunda Roses

Floribunda Rose 'Sheila's Perfume'

Festival of Roses ~ Day Six ~ Floribunda Roses

2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues

Happy Saturday everyone. I am working but I am happy to be doing it. I am going out to Long Island to buy a load of perennials for some borders I have been renovating at the Estate. I am going on the Bridgeport to Port Jefferson Ferry and then driving out to the end of the North Fork to the large perennial nursery. I am taking my camera and one of my dogs and they don’t usually mix to well as far as getting a lot of good pictures.

Since I have posted a lot of Hybrid Teas and had a day where I posted Grandiflora roses I thought I would feature what I consider to be one of the other major rose classes, Floribunda.

Floribunda roses are very versatile in the way that they can be used in masses, hedges, as single plants and I think since they are low growing, in borders. Created in the early 1900’s from Hybrid Teas and Polyantha roses Floribundas produce their flowers in clusters and are seldom fragrant. D. Poulsen is considered to be the first person to have bred Floribunda in his native Denmark. He was looking for a rose that was hardy in his native Denmark. He introduced 'Red Riding Hood' in 1912 and his family has continued breeding roses to this day. I enjoy Floribunda roses in the garden. Not as flashy as the Hybrid Teas but a much more reliable rose available in a good range of colors.

‘Shelia’s Perfume’ is a beautiful yellow blend rose. Bucking the trend of Floribundas it has a strong fragrance and won the prestigious Edland Fragrance Medal from the Royal National Rose Society (UK) in 1981. It also generally blooms one to a stem and was named after the breeder John Sheridan’s wife. It was germinated on a seed tray on the kitchen window in his London home. Some people classify this rose as a Hybrid Tea. Not sure about that but I am sure that it is a beautiful rose.

‘Shelia’s Perfume’
Origin: John Sheridan, UK, 1982
UK Introduction: Harkness & Co. Ltd., 1985
Petal Count: 20 (seemed like more)
Fragrance: Strong
Parentage: Seed: Peer Gynt Pollen: Daily Sketch × [Paddy McGredy × Prima Ballerina]
Synonyms: HARsherry

Floribunda 'Marmalade Skies'

This second rose is one I have personal experience growing. It has proved to be very hardy and a very good bloomer. It hasn’t had a lot of disease problems either. ‘Marmalade Skies’ is a rose that you like having in the garden because it doesn’t ask or need too much, yet it gives a lot. Supposedly it is shade tolerant but mine are growing in full sun. A relatively new rose I am sure that it will stand up to the test of time.


‘Marmalade Skies’
Origin: Meilland International, France, 1999
US Introduction: Conard-Pyle (Star Roses), 2001
Petal Count: 17-25
Height: 3 feet
Fragrance: Very Mild
Parentage: Seed: Tamango × Tchin-Tchin Pollen: Patricia
Synonyms: MEImonblan, Tangerine Dream



Two images of Floribunda Rose 'Purple Heart'

Finally one more Floribunda named ‘Purple Heart’. I wasn’t going to post it because it is a little different than any other picture I have seen of this rose. I shot these pictures at the Rose garden at the New York Botanical Garden and double checked the picture of the sign I took. No matter if it isn’t ‘Purple Heart’ it is still a nice looking rose and I hope you enjoy it.

Grandiflora Rose 'Cherry Parfait'

PS. I wanted to post this picture of ‘Cherry Parfait’ yesterday.

Rose Festival Day Six ~ Tropicana and Others

Bud of Hybrid Tea Rose 'Tropicana'

Rose Festival Day Six ~ Tropicana and Others

2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Rose Festival ~ Day Six


As important as the Festival of Rose is :lol:, I have a lot of work correspondence to send out so today will be a short post. I went over to the Rose Garden at the farm yesterday and I had to deadhead about 150 flowers and there were probably a couple hundred flowers blooming. So I deadheaded the spent blooms and pruned off any diseased foliage. In general things were looking pretty good. I saw the owner and she was happy so I was happy. I made a list of the roses and figured out what I am going to need next spring before the winter takes its toll. It is a very exposed elevated site with lots of wind and even after winter protection they have at least 25 roses each year. I hope to cut that down a bit on my first winter. The problem as I explained to the owner is the garden is in a cold pocket of Zone 6 and most of the roses are rated for Zone 7.


I was able to get a few photographs and I took some pictures of some of the unidentified ones. I hope to look around and see if I can get the names. I decided that since there are seven ‘Tropicana’ bushes that I would do a little series of the bud, half-open and the full blown flower. Of course I had to try a few abstracts, too. I don’t really have a favorite rose. I like far too many to try and pin down that much, however ‘Tropicana’ would have to be in the top ten. I just the love the color. So I am excited to post the four pictures of this rose. This is exactly what I set out to accomplish with this blog: to take a picture the day before and post the next day. It was meant to get me out shooting and boy has it ever. I have to count the weekend as one of the shooting days because sometimes I am unable to get any pictures during the week. It takes a lot of pictures to run this place. I guess that I could be posting one a day but that would be a lesser challenge.


Abstract of 'Tropicana'

Here are some facts about ‘Tropicana’:
Class: Hybrid Tea
Origin: Mathias Tantau, Germany, 1960
U.S. Introduction: Jackson and Perkins, 1962
Petal Count: 30-35
Fragrance: Strong
Parentage: Seedling 5135 (Tantau/'Super Star') × Seedling
Synonyms: Super Star, TANorstar
All-American Rose Selection 1963, RNRS Gold Medal (Royal National Rose Society) 1960, Portland Gold Medal, 1961.

Floribunda Rose 'Moondance'
Class: Hybrid Tea
Origin: Dr. Keith W. Zary, US
U.S. Introduction: Jackson & Perkins Co., 2007
Petal Count: 26-40
Fragrance: Moderate
Parentage: Princess Alice × Iceberg
Synonyms: JACtanic
All-American Rose Selection 2007

Moondance Post, August 14,2006


I took the ‘Moondance’ photo yesterday and the Cherry Parfait picture on Saturday at the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden. Click the links to see another picture on previous posts.

Grandiflora Rose 'Cherry Parfait'
Class: Grandiflora
Origin: Meilland International, France, 2000
U.S. Introduction: Conard-Pyle/Star Roses, 2003
Petal Count: 35-40
Fragrance: Mild
Parentage: Seed: MEIchoiju Pollen: MEIdanu × MACman
Synonyms: Jubilé du Prince de Monaco, MEISPONG, MEIsponge
All-American Rose Selection 2003

Another Cherry Parfait picture:
Cherry Parfait Post, January 16, 2007

Here are some of the lyrics to Bob Weir’s song, Festival:

“Hey, if crazy's what you want, there's way too much to miss, If you're looking for romance, well you can find this,
Or maybe some adventure, maybe with a little twist, down at the festival
Plenty color in the sun, but look out for the shade,
If you're lookin' for some fun, you got it made, down at the festival
Don't need no excuse to have a parade, down at the festival
Everyone's a different breed, fast and loose is in style,
You won't get far on greed, or on bluff or on guile, down at the festival
Most anything you need, you can get it with a smile, at the festival”

Rose Festival Day Five ~ Hybrid Teas Again

Hybrid Tea Rose 'Milestone'

Rose Festival Day Five ~ Hybrid Teas Again

2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues

Since I have several more rose photographs to post after this one the Rose Festival will continue. I have to visit the large Rose Garden I am tending to tomorrow so it could be another photo opportunity. I have enjoyed going through the photos and getting information on the roses. I discussed several Hybrid Teas a couple of days ago and since they are my favorite and seem to be the most photogenic I am posting a few more.

This first rose is Milestone, a rose I have been seeing a lot of. I think it will definitely be on my list when I add the 35 roses next year. My list is already helplessly too long, which is okay as I should be able to find some of the varieties on the list and won’t be disappointed if I can’t get others. I always try and buy the healthiest looking plants and not the name though. I would rather have a rose that I never heard of that was healthy and bloomed well then one I wanted that was an underperformer. I am going over the varieties in the garden tomorrow and hope to start working on my wish list.



Milestone, which I mistakenly thought was called Millstone is a beautiful red blend rose. Millstone wouldn’t be a great name for a rose when I thought about it later. The blooms go through several color changes as it emerges and they are hard to describe. The buds start out bright red and then go to kind of a coral pink with a white center. The flowers seem to be a little redder during the summer, probably due to the stronger sunlight. The leaves are a nice color red when new, hardening off to a glossy green. ‘Milestone’ has some impressive ancestors including some roses that I love. Crimson Glory, South Seas, Spellbinder and Tropicana to name a few.

'Milestone' facts:
Origin: William Warriner, US, 1983
Introduction: Jackson and Perkins
Petal Count: 40
Fragrance: Mild
Parentage: Sunfire × Spellbinder
Synonyms: JACles

‘Chrysler Imperial’

I know I said before that I wouldn’t be posting any ‘classic’ Hybrid Teas but I couldn’t resist a quick shot of ‘Chrysler Imperial’. I have grown this rose and found it be wonderful in both flower and form. For a few years I didn’t cut it back and it ended up over 8 feet tall. It is getting cut back this however. A beautiful deep red this rose was bred by Dr. Walter Lammerts in 1952. Its five-inch blooms have a strong fragrance and a petal count of 45 to 50. My friend’s family had a Chrysler Imperial it was your basic land yacht!

I was going to post a picture of ‘Grande Amore’ until I found out it is a deep red rose and my picture is of a kind of apricot colored rose so it is back to the drawing board on that one. So as a quick cop out I will post this classic, beautiful Hybrid Tea called ‘Double Delight’. It was only introduced in 1977 and has found its way into rose gardener's hearts already. A young classic to be sure, but a classic just the same.

Hybrid Tea rose 'Double Delight'

Origin: A.E. & A.W. Ellis/ Herbert C. Swim, US, 1977
Introduction: Jackson and Perkins
Petal Count: Double. 17-25
Fragrance: Strong
Parentage: Granada × Garden Party
Synonyms: Andeli
All-American Rose Selection 1977

Kordes' Rose Prominent ~ ABC Wednesday

Kordes' Rose Prominent ~ ABC Wednesday

2007 Rose Festival Day Four

If you are here for Wordless Wednesday please scroll down to the next post of the yellow rose.

I can’t tell how beautiful I thought this rose was. It is was orange but had the slightest tinge of red in it. I saw it from across the garden and knew that my camera was going to have trouble capturing the color. I did move my saturation from Vivid (+1) to Normal. I think I will start doing that when photographing very vivid orange and red flowers. Lucky it was very cloudy out or I wouldn’t have stood a chance.

This rose is from the famous German rose breeder Wilhelm Kordes.
click here

Here is some history on Wilhelm Kordes from Google Book Results, you’ll have to go to the beginning of Chapter 11. I hope you find your way with this link, if you are interested.

The book is:
Climbing Roses of the World
By Charles Quest-Ritson
Published 2003
Timber Press
ISBN 0881925632

click here

I have seen this rose described as a Hybrid Tea, a Grandiflora and a Floribunda. The official American Rose Society class designation is Grandiflora.



I know this picture is a little underexposed but I thought you might like to see the way the flower grows on the ‘bush’. The color is such a nice contrast to the green foliage.

Origin: Germany (1971) by W. Kordes and Sons
Height: 3 feet
Petal Count: 33
Fragrance: Mild
Parentage: Color Wonder × Zorina
Synonyms: KORp

Ah, I love Wednesdays. Not only is it Wordless Wednesday and ABC Wednesday but to top it off it is trash day here. I gotta get those cans up to the road! Seriously, I like it because it gives me a chance to catch up with friend’s blogs, see some new ones and look at all the cool things everyone is posting. Thanks to everyone who has been coming to visit my Festival (or maybe it is Carnival) of Roses. Roses are easy to take pictures of because they almost always obey my number one rule for taking a nice picture, start with a beautiful subject.


Here are some of the other blogs that are participating in ABC Wednesday. If you want to join let me know and I will add your link.

mrs nesbitts place
hin's photoblog
tech the man
a bit of this a dash of that
Little Rock Daily Photo
photoxication
Kissing the Dogwood
strolling through Georgia
Ruth's Garden Blog
dwq online
kate isis
bidadlah.com
photography by kml
AVCR8TEUR'S Blog
Salty Dogs
The Modern Goddess
Simply Sage
author blog
kai
Mollitudes
Secluded Habitat