Everything's Coming Up Roses...

Ole

Spring and the roses are popping out all over in Cindy's small rose garden.  The Ole rose is at its most brilliant right now.  We love the deep red color of this rose.  It's a joy to sit on the front porch in the evening, finishing our wine and seeing all the beautiful roses.

At least that's what I see.  Cindy, like most avid gardeners, tends to see the spots of rust, the scale, the advancing armies of aphids, the occasional weed that has had the temerity to creep into the bed....

More Ole

I'm learning that gardeners can't just sit and enjoy their gardens; they're always running through the mental "to do" list and sometimes they can't resist jumping up and grabbing that weed.

The rest of the roses are coming along, too.  The Moonstones with their delicate pink rims have started to flower, but the yellow roses haven't really got going yet.  Every year Cindy threatens to tear out one of the yellow roses, but relents when it starts flowering.

The real hit of the neighborhood, however, is the Double Delight rose.  That rose is the most aromatic of the roses we have and many mornings we've seen a mother and daughter stopping to smell our Double Delights.  They're beautiful roses with a lovely scent--a true double delight.

Double Delight