Peony Bouquet...

Each year is different in the garden

and that is what keeps it exciting...

 

it keep you on your toes...

 

this year,

the Peonies grew so tall and lanky,

a good foot and a half taller than usual...

 

then they just toppled over,

none too gracefully

I might add...

 



it was a good reason

(as if,  I needed one)

to just pick an armload

for the table...

 



sprigs of Ladies Mantle,

make a pretty and frilly companion...

 



 

 To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers

 is a delectable form of defeat.

~Beverly Nichols~

 

Always take time to Smell the Roses Peonies...

Roses on the Patio...

I hope you are ready for more Roses?

 

I have show you my Roses

 in the front and in the back gardens...

 

if you have missed those they are

Here and Here...

 

I thought today we would end the tour

on the back patio,

because this is where I like to end my day...

 

you can see the Paul's Himalayan Musk Rose

 growing on the porch pole...

 

it is much heavier in bloom

 here on  my sunny patio

than in yesterdays picture

growing in the shade of the Cherry Tree...

 

but, yes it is classified as a rose that is tolerant of shade

and both are happy as can be...

 



looking through the lattice...

 

my morning companion,.

a Scrub Jay...

I filled my garden colander with peanuts

and now we are best friends...

 

in the background

you can see Eden on the Arbor...

 



 

a close up of

Paul's Himalayan Musk...

 

the tiny blooms start pink

and turn white...

 



 

David Austin's

Scepter'd Isle...

 

so tender...

 



 

the giant blooms of

Francis Meilland Rose

in the front...

and,

up close...

 



 

Tiffany Rose,

I love those petals scalloped edges....

 



Roses in waiting...

 



 

the deep bowl shaped rose

David Austin's

 

Brother Cadfael...

 



 

David Austin's Huntington Rose,

holding it's head high...

 



while the early blooms

gave into the weight,

and drooped so gracefully....

 



David Austin's

Wisley...

 



 

up close,

and painfully pretty...

 



 

with the first flush fading,

today marked the first big dead heading...

 



such a pretty mess...

 



 

 I am linking up to...

Simple and Sweet Friday

and

Shabbilicious Friday

 

Always Take Time to Smell the Roses...

Roses in the Back...

 Are you ready

to see the Roses in the back?

 

most of the established Roses

are in their first flush...

 

 

my old Rainier Cherry Tree,

isn't the prettiest of trees...

 

so I planted a climbing rose on it last year,

I'll show you a close-up a couple pics down...

 

this iron bench

was a Spring addition to the garden...

 

we had an old wood bench under the tree...

 

but, 

I love the way the white pops out...

 



 

the climbing Rose is

David Austin's

Paul's Himalayan Musk Rose...

 

it will grow to thirty feet,

the blooms start off blush pink and fade to white...

 

I have three more of these booming on the patio,

I'll show you the patio Roses soon...

 

up in front here,

is David Austin's

Princess Ann...

 

I have added forty David Austin Roses

over the last three years,

and couldn't be happier,

they just get better each year

and love my North West climate...

 



 

these Gertrude Jekyll Roses

at the back of the gazebo

were my first David Austin Roses...

 

and are one of my very favorites...

 



 

Gertrude and friends...

 

David Austin's

Mortimer Sackler...

 

 

Mortimer up close...

 

 

David Austin's

The Wedgewood Roses...

 

it make my heart skip a beat

 every time I see it...

 

It's a young and very lanky rose,

for now it's leaning on the gazebo rail

and being assisted by a Hollyhock...

 

I am trying to figure out what it wants...

 



it is completely worth the effort,

sigh...

 



 

besides the Roses...

 

I was surprised to see the Hydrangea,

beginning to color up....

 



 

the exotic

Oyama Magnolia in bloom...

 



 

the Deutzia are also beginning to bloom...

 



 

 

 

isn't June fabulous?

Iris certainly thinks so...

 

I am linking up to...

Outdoor Wednesday

and

WOW us Wednesday

 

Take Time to Smell the Roses...