Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Wordless Wednesday: Rose Portraits

Honorine de Brabant, a bourbon

Triomphe de Luxemburg, a tea

Melflor, a floribunda


Fortune's Five-Colored Rose, a tea

François Juranville, a rambler

Persian Light, a hybrid hulthemia persica

Variegata di Bologna, a bourbon




A rugosa seedling




Festival Fanfare, a floribunda


Anna Scharsach, a hybrid perpetual




All pictures were taken at the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden.
Posted by Masha at 1:05 AM
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33 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 20, 2011 at 3:43 AM

    Beautiful, but your bird photo is the best! Love the pose.

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  2. FlowerLady LorraineJuly 20, 2011 at 3:44 AM

    Those are such beauties! You are blessed to be able to visit this rose garden. I would hate to leave there.

    FlowerLady

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  3. AnonymousJuly 20, 2011 at 4:41 AM

    Awesome Photos! Happy WordlessWednesday!

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  4. GirlSproutJuly 20, 2011 at 5:16 AM

    I don't think I've ever seen bourbon roses before. The Honorine de Brabant rose is stunning!

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  5. CorinaJuly 20, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    Excellent, I wish I had a larger garden

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  6. MashaJuly 20, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    Thank you, Donna. I took it by accident and just happened to release the shutter when it took off :). Often photos like this turn out the best...

    FlowerLady, I wish you could come. Maybe one day...

    RR, thank you, and same to you!

    GirlSprout, bourbons are heat-loving roses usually... They are fragrant and rebloom.

    Corina, I wish it too :)

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  7. Cathy and SteveJuly 20, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    (I'll take two of each (rose, not the bird, which is regal!). I so love the bourbon roses... but then, I love most old world roses!

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  8. MashaJuly 20, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    Cathy, that's how I feel too! I wish I had more room...

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  9. organicgardendreamsJuly 20, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    Aaah, it is so nice to spot Honorine de Brabant again, a rose that I was growing on a balcony many years ago in Germany. I am surprised to see a bloom of Variegata di Bologna. Is she re-blooming? How is your Variegata di Bologna doing? I am even more surprised by the picture of Persian Light, never heard of this rose before, ever! What a beautiful unusual yellow rose it is! The San Jose Heritage Rose Garden seem to be a place where endless rose discoveries can be made. You are so lucky to live close by! Thanks for sharing these treasures!
    Christina

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  10. sherryocalaJuly 20, 2011 at 6:22 PM

    Perfect portraits. Love them all, Masha.

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  11. MashaJuly 20, 2011 at 6:35 PM

    Christina,

    Good catch about VdiB. They say it does rebloom although I have asked a few people and they all said theirs never did. There were quite a few blooms on the Heritage plant, so apparently it does rebloom :). I got rid of mine because mine had mildew and heavy rust at the same time - it was cool really to have these leaves that were pure white and orange (and very little green). Persian Light is one of a series of hybrid hulthemias, they are all called Persian something. They all have brightly colored single flowers with a different color eye in the center.

    Thank you Sherry. I am glad to hear from you.

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  12. AndreaJuly 20, 2011 at 6:39 PM

    Whatever roses look like they are always beautiful, even the dried petals are useful potpouri. However, i love most those with variegated petals, havent seen them often in nurseries.

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  13. Diane at My Cottage GardenJuly 20, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    Your roses are beautiful, as your photos are!

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  14. Beth at PlantPostingsJuly 20, 2011 at 7:44 PM

    OK, I've had my Rose fix for the day! Simply gorgeous! Do you have Roses blooming every day of the year? I am soooo jealous!

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  15. p3chandanJuly 20, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    Gorgeous roses! Love your last photo of the bird!

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  16. MashaJuly 20, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    Andrea, do you mean striped? Some of them are really really good. The ones with a different color edge are called picoteed, and can be really pretty...

    Diane, thank you. I am glad you liked them.

    Beth, thank you. I have roses blooming most of the time, except late January and all of February :). Spring and fall are the best times for roses around here.

    P3chandan, thank you for the compliments.

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  17. ksJuly 20, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Splendid, every one !

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  18. ANGELJuly 21, 2011 at 6:57 AM

    ooohhh! i love love your roses! amazing! -angel

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  19. MashaJuly 21, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    Ks, thank you. I am glad to hear from you.

    Angel, thank you and nice to meet you. Welcome.

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  20. greggoJuly 21, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    melfor is my favorite here.

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  21. MashaJuly 21, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Thank you, greggo. I like it too.

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  22. Olga PoltavaJuly 21, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    All these roses are simply breathtaking!

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  23. MashaJuly 21, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    Thank you, Olga. I wish I had more room...

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  24. Pam's English GardenJuly 21, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    Dear Masha, Beautiful, beautiful photographs. And the bird was a nice surprise at the end. P. x

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  25. Roses, Color, and LightJuly 21, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    Lovely!
    Sandra

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  26. LaurenceJuly 21, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Hello Masha ! Tes photos sont toujours superbes, un vrai plaisir de les regarder !
    J'ai 'Honorine du Brabant' à la maison, c'est un rosier trop peu connu à recommander car il sans soucis et il refleurit 3 fois durant l'été.
    J'ai un coup de coeur pour 'Anna Scharsach', qui me plaît beaucoup. Je ne le connaissais pas. Merci pour ce partage !
    Bonne journée, amitiés florales,
    Laurence

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  27. MashaJuly 21, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    Pam, thank you. I loved that bird picture, but it didn't fit anywhere, but I posted it anyway:)

    Sandra, thank you.

    Laurence, merci. Anna Scharsach is a beautiful rose with good rebloom for a hybrid perpetual. I am glad you liked it. I have heard lots of good things about Honorine de Brabant, I hope to see pictures of yours on your blog.

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  28. AnonymousJuly 22, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    Masha, I'm around old roses online catalogues in these days, writing lists and more lists of what I like and where I could plant it, passing by your blog is kind of painful :) Alberto.

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  29. MashaJuly 22, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    Alberto, I am sorry... At least these roses don't reach out from the screen and grab you with thorny arms :).

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  30. UnknownJuly 22, 2011 at 1:35 PM

    The roses are so beautiful in your photos......
    It's a pleasure to watch.

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  31. MashaJuly 22, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    Thank you, Mihai. I appreciate your compliments.

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  32. sweetbayJuly 22, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    All so beautiful!!

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  33. MashaJuly 22, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    Thank you, Sweetbay, I am glad you liked them.

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I am so glad you have stopped by!

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