The Roses are Going Nuts!

Favorite Roses in Full Bloom

Well, the very cold winter we had did provide some benefits. The strawberries are going to provide a bumper crop, as well as the peaches, and the roses got the full chilling hours they needed to look fabulous this year. The cold weather killed off many of the fungal spores as well so even the finicky English hybrids have gone blackspot free this spring!

Texas is not always kind to many of these roses, particularly English hybrids, but I'm a stubborn horticulturist who wants what she wants! So I put a fair amount of extra TLC into bringing out the beauty in these roses that typically prefer a cooler climate.

'Pegasus' in the forefront, 'Abraham Darby' and 'Fransika Krueger' in the right background, 'Perle d' Or' in the left background. A 'Pat Austin' and 'Tamora' are just out of view. I have an fabulous 'Ebb Tide' hidden in the back that is just luscious.