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Please excuse the long wait for these
pictures but I think they are worth it. Jeff has quite the green
thumb with roses. When he took over this garden there were only
two roses here, what we think are a climbing Iceberg and a Blaze.
Since then he's planted over 100 roses though many are planted
in groups of 3 of the same variety so it doesn't seem like quite
that many. He likes the David Austin English roses for their
flowers and hybrid musks for their disease resistance and lush
foliage. Most of the roses are repeat bloomers but a few only
bloom once in Spring. He gets most of his roses from Heirloom
Old Garden Roses in St. Paul, Oregon. They come on their own
roots in little 2 inch pots, its quite amazing to watch the transformation
from a little twig into a blooming rose bush in one year. |
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| A hybrid Rugosa
Robusta growing with the Hybrid musk climber windchimes on the
arbor over the side entrance to the garden. There's also some
ornamental hops growing in there. |
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| This is Paul's Himalayan
Musk growing in an old English Walnut tree. A picture can't do
this justice. The rose grows up into the tree and cascades down.
It sways with even the slightest breeze. This is the perfect
tree for this because it leafs out so late in the season. |
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| Climbing Sally Holmes
growing by the front door. This rose is an old favorite and fairly
common. It has large single flowers that bloom in clusters. People
always ask what it is and are surprised to hear its a rose. Actually
I find that to be true of all single flowered roses, people who
don't grow roses don't associate that flower form with roses. |
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| This rose is known
by many different names, Harrison's Yellow, the Pioneer Rose,
Yellow rose of Texas. Clippings of this rose were brought across
the country by pioneers and planted throughout the West. We planted
this one but I like to imagine some archeologist one hundred
years from now assuming it was planted by a pioneer. This rose
only blooms once a season and is a good demonstration how a repeat
blooming rose will never give quite the show that a one time
bloomer does. |
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| This Apple Blossom
Rambler from Heirloom Old Garden Roses is a good example of how
quickly their little twigs turn into rampant bushes. This is
one of the few roses we have that only blooms once a year but
it puts on quite a show for several weeks in early summer. Jeff
had to trim alot of the older canes out after this bloom because
they were not as productive as the newer canes. As you can imagine
it was quite a battle though he did manage to do it without requiring
a blood transfusion. |
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| Jeff planted this
hybrid musk bed two years ago. The roses are all vigorous and
disease resistant. Deadheading is hard to keep up with. The large
deep pink one in the foreground is appropriately named Turbo. |
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| This sweet little
lady is called Lyda. She blooms all season without a break, and
charms everyone who meets her. |
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| Jeff amidst a Plein
de Grace modern shrub rose, another once yearly bloomer. There's
a picture below of a close up of the blooms. This was planted
last year and is already threatening to take over the back corner
of the yard. |
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