We have been having some really nice weather recently - warm, almost hot days and really cool evenings and mornings. It seems that fall is just around the corner, although usually it stays hot through September...
My Yves Piaget, a Romantica hybrid tea, is now a mature rose and producing lots of blooms. The fragrance is wonderful, and I love the the deep pink globular blooms, but the clusters are really too heavy for the stems, and the rose in full flush almost topples over. I wonder if I should be more ruthless and prune it harder, or maybe the rose still needs to get a bit older.
I love lavender but it does not love me. Most of my yard is on regular sprinkler irrigation, and I have tried and tried to find drier spots to fit some lavender in, but I have had little luck. I killed a lot of plants until I found one spot where I could fit three plants that now form a wonderful short hedge on the side of the patio. We regularly brush against them when we pass, and the fragrance is wonderful. I wish I could grow more, but I am happy enough to enjoy the few plants I have...
Mme Isaac Pereire is an old bourbon rose with deep pink blooms and a strong fragrance which is described as raspberry. My plant has almost constant foliage problems, a little better or worse depending on weather. The blooms are gorgeous though, and the fragrance unbeatable!
 |
| Geranum pyrenaicum "Bill Wallis" |
I bought the little cranesbill to add to my geranium collection. The plant is very heat-tolerant, and the somewhat wild-looking blooms come on long stems, and are good for cutting, a real little treasure in the garden.
My Lyda rose has finally reached some maturity and is producing large clusters of pretty apple-blossom-like blooms. Despite their dainty appearance they last a long time even in the heat: I cut off the cluster above more than two weeks after it started blooming.
Hydrangea paniculata is one of my favorite summer-blooming shrubs, with beautiful fragrant blooms that last long into the winter. Bees love it too.
The raised bed below extends almost the length of my back yard and is a constant work in progress. Here I wage constant battle against my neighbor's morning glory, and here is also where I watch carpenter bees going nectar robbing, and hummers and honey bees darting in and out of penstemons, salvias and verbenas. Something is in bloom there year round...
Masha, your pictures always amaze me! Oh, if I could just spend a day in your garden!! Carla
ReplyDeleteThank you, Carla, I wish you could be here too!
ReplyDeleteMasha, I can't believe how abundantly your Yves Piaget is blooming. What a stunning rose. And then there is Mme. Isaac Periere my all time favorite. On the photo the leaves of yours look very healthy. Do you spray this rose? The raised bed in your backyard is so beautiful. I can imagine that you are in a constant fight with your neighbors morning glory, but on the photo is looks very nice as a backdrop for your lovely plants.
ReplyDeleteChristina
Christina, thank you. My Yves Paiget surprises me too :), actually so does its daughter, Classic Woman, the tall white lady in the last picture. They both are great roses. I don't spray anything (except fruit trees), and I think those few leaves on MIP look good because they are new.... It never looks horrible, but never completely healthy either.
ReplyDeleteamazing shots Masha! I also like the variegation on your watermark, haha!
ReplyDeleteW Twoim ślicznym ogrodzie pszczółka wiedziała na co siada, ale myślę, że do innych kwiatów też pofrunie, bo ma duży wybór. Pozdrawiam cieplutko
ReplyDeleteChe sensazione di benessere mi comunicano le tue meravigliose immagini!.....è un magico mondo floreale! Quanta bellezza! Un abbraccio Luci@
ReplyDeleteyour photos are great. I can feel the cool evening breeze.
ReplyDeleteMasha ~ Such beautiful luxuriant roses almost make me swoon. I love all of your companion blooms too, and that raised bed is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteHappy Gardening ~ FlowerLady
Masha, we have the same problem with lavender.Have finally also found a place in the garden where they thrive, a much drier spot and not acidic like most of our garden. Your photos are amongst the best if not the very best of the sites which I visit.
ReplyDeleteAh, Masha, a summer dream ... BEAUTIFUL !!!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love the long shot of your raised bed! Perfection! I love the colors you have there, and all the different textures and types of plants. The morning glory adds a nice touch, even though I know it's a battle. Just gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI love your photos too. What kind of camera do you use? My camera is acting up and I'm dreaming about upgrading. Sometimes I resort to using my i-phone camera when I'm in a pinch. My favorite rose right now is my Julia Child Floribunda.
ReplyDeleteHello masha,
ReplyDeleteYour roses makes me dream.. Yves Piaget is fabulous..
I'm found of your photos: the light is amazing!!!
See you soon
Sophie
Andrea, thank you. I hope my watermark will not grow either :)
ReplyDeleteGiga, thank you. The bees like most of the perennials, and we get to eat some of their honey.
Il calesse, grazie, I am glad you liked the pictures.
Greggo, thank you. The breeze has been so cool lately that my tomatoes caught phytophthora...
FlowerLady, I am glad you like the raised bed, it is one of my favorite spots in the garden.
Alistair, thank you so much for complimenting my photos. You made me very happy. I am glad you also found a few spots to grow lavender in, they are such wonderful plants.
Dani, thank you.
Holley, thank you. This bed is a lot of work, but I quite like it too.
Rainyleaf, I love Julia Child too. It is a wonderful rose. I have a Nikon DSLR camera, and it took me awhile to learn how to use it properly :). I am still learning...
Thank you, Sophie, you encourage me to keep sharing my photos.
ReplyDeleteBonsoir Macha... en voyant le rosier yves Piaget je pense que le prochain automne je vais l'installer au jardin. belle phot de mme isaac pereire qui est en fleurs dans mon jardin.
ReplyDeleteBelle soirée jocelyne
Bonjour, Jocelyne. I am glad you liked Yves Piaget and I hope it does well for you. It does get some mildew in my garden, but not too bad. Classic Woman is another good rose with the same flower shape but in white and cream. Enjoy the blooms on your MIP!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! I was leisurely scrolling through and reading this post and then I came to Mme Isaac Pereire, and I practically gasped! Absolutely gorgeous! And the macro of the Hydrangea is pure bliss!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Beth. I am glad you enjoyed the walk.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! And your photography is just exquisite!
ReplyDeleteThank you, sweetbay, so is yours!
ReplyDeleteMasha, your gardens are so beautifully colorful. I love the saturated colors, and your Yves Piaget is totally gorgeous!! You might try planting your lavender in sand. That's what I did with the Spanish lavender and rosemary that I grew for two seasons even with all of our rain. It worked. Don't know why the rosemary suddenly died. The lavender made room for roses.
ReplyDeleteSherry, thank you. My rosemary is fine, but not lavender. I am afraid that if I mix our clay with sand I will get cement :(. I think I will try to be happy with the three plants I have already... Thank you for your advice though, I think it would be a good idea to research it.
ReplyDeleteWow, all the photos are wonderfull, but the last one is great, a corner of your garden, so colourfull and goodlooking. I love it.
ReplyDeleteLove the Mme Isaac Pereire, great color. The raised bed is so lush.
ReplyDeleteCorina, thank you. I am so glad you like my messy bed...
ReplyDeleteRR, thank you. I love my MIP too, for both color and fragrance. I wish it were a little healthier, but nothing is perfect.
Your photos of the hydrangea of dreamy ;) I love the unpredictable nature of your raised bed too...it looks like there would be a lot to discover there.
ReplyDeleteMasha,your rose garden is heaven on earth<3
ReplyDeleteCat, thank you. I laughed when I read your comment about that bed, i feel that way too: sometimes I plant something there and it dies back and I forget about it and then something comes up and I am puzzled - did I plant it at one time or is it a weed?
ReplyDeleteTiina, thank you for the compliment.
Hello, just browsing a few gardens while I'm stuck indoors in rainy Bronteland, Yorkshire, England, and I wanted to compliment you on the wonderful images of your gorgeous garden! I've just done an affectionate post on roses and thought I'd had enough of them for a while (can we ever?) but your glorious Yves Paiget has got me swooning all over again! Thanks for sharing the loveliness.
ReplyDeleteJane Gray
Jane, thank you for coming to my blog. I am glad you liked Yves Piaget. I will go over to check out your blog now :)
ReplyDeleteI was walking through your garden with you every time... and I like both your brilliant roses and all this tiny flowers... but the macro of hydrangea is the best!
ReplyDeleteThank you, mehimoher, for letting me know. I appreciate your compliments.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the beautiful walk through your garden...Love your roses...Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Heidi, I am glad you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteMasha, what gorgeous photos. I really love the white hydrangea, you captured the blooms beautifully! Cheers Julia
ReplyDeleteThank you, Julia. You take beautiful pictures too.
ReplyDeleteThis is a refreshing post! Everything so bright, moist and verdant. I love the hydrangea shots. The bee is charming. Your garden exudes a color and life that reaches me on the other side of the screen. Thank you for the visit, Masha.
ReplyDeleteSandra
The hydrangea is beautiful, the roses spectacular ... Oh how I aspire to have a garden like yours Masha! Everything so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSandra, thank you for your compliments. My hose duty is paying off :).
ReplyDeleteChristine, thank you. Your garden is lovely, and the fact that everything in it is the inverse of mine season-wise adds a lot of interest to your blog...