Two Roses

Large-Flowered Climbing Rose
Rosa 'Fourth of July'
Synonyms: Crazy for You, WEKroalt, Hanabi, Climbing Fourth of July

Here are two roses introduced in the 1990’s. ‘Fourth of July’ is a good producer with a nice scent. It’s coloring makes it a bit of a novelty but the fact that each flower is different is interesting. My “Fourth of July’ seems to be growing more like a bush than a climbing rose. Maybe this year I will let it grow out a bit more and see if it will climb up the fence around the rose garden.

‘Easy Going’ is a floribunda rose that was introduced in 1998. It was discovered as a sport of ‘Livin Easy’. It has been featured on this blog once before. It is an easy to grow rose that seems resistant to black spot.


Tuesday was the last day of the gardening season. I hope to have some notes on the past year coming up soon. Yesterday I had to go to the dentist for a multiple extraction. What a way to start the off-season.

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Livin' Easy Floribunda Rose

Floribunda Rose ‘Livin’ Easy’

This rose is a great color. It also has a nice scent and good disease resistance. I have found it to be a reliable bloomer. It was introduced in 1991 by Weeks Roses. It is called ‘Fellowship’ in the UK where it was bred by Harkness Roses from the parents, ‘Southampton’ and ‘Remember Me’.

This second shot is some cool seed heads. Not sure what plant it is but I think it was one of the hardy Geraniums. Just another reason to like them. Both of these shots are from the 60mm macro lens.


Happy Fourth of July to all of the Americans out there. Somebody was planning ahead when they planted these Petunias. This was shot with the Sigma 24mm.