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I’m sure it comes as now surprise that Betsy and I grow and love roses. We have 57 varieties of roses in our yard. I think our rose garden has stopped growing, but we still need to replace roses once in a while.
This year we had three new roses in our yard. The rose on the left in the collage above, Milestone, is a rose we first saw at Biltmore House and Gardens in Asheville, North Carolina, last year. I found it offered this Spring and ordered it.
The other two roses both came from Heirloom Roses. Helen Traubel, the rose in the middle, is an ‘old’ rose. It was introduced in 1951, but it has a beautiful color and very nice fragrance. The rose on the right is Something Special. It is a fairly new rose. I like the way the white outer petals frame the yellow center.
Senior Moments 
November 8, 2013 at 3:52 am |
Something Special sure is! Love all those petals!
November 8, 2013 at 9:53 am |
Such beauty in each rose! Do you let the hips grow and use them for tea?? Have no idea why that question popped into my head just now! Mom always served us rosehip tea in the winter months – Vitamin C I guess!!
November 8, 2013 at 9:57 am |
Beautiful. 57 varieties, that is too good.
November 8, 2013 at 11:15 am |
They are all beautiful, really love the yellow one, Something Special. I think yellow roses are my favorite…at least part of the time.
November 8, 2013 at 11:22 am |
I don’t know anyone who grows roses as well as you do George.
Your new ones are gorgeous and a fine addition to your ‘collection.’
I’m thinking I may try potted ones next year as the deer won’t leave the one I planted this spring alone. 🙂
November 8, 2013 at 12:20 pm |
Beautiful. I am surprised to hear you say that the rose garden has stopped growing.There must be a corner or two where you could put some more roses. LOL
November 8, 2013 at 12:26 pm |
Such exquisite roses and gorgeous colors!! Wonderful captures for the day, George! Thanks for sharing the beauty! Have a great weekend!
November 8, 2013 at 4:50 pm |
I really like the last rose..the colors are so usual. I’ll bet if the garden’s saw your roses they would know that you and Betsy are equal to them.
Linda
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November 9, 2013 at 10:22 am |
They are all lovely, George. Our home (that you and Betsy visited) had many roses from a previous owner. The most beautiful and care-free was a yellow rose.
Have a nice Saturday.
November 9, 2013 at 12:21 pm |
They are all beautiful, George!! I wish I had your green thumb. 🙂
November 9, 2013 at 1:04 pm |
All three are beauties. MB
November 10, 2013 at 6:49 am |
Lovely- all! But I truly do like that last one…yellow roses are so gorgeous!
November 10, 2013 at 4:53 pm |
They’re all beautiful. You do seem to have a green thumb, but I know there’s a lot of work and tender loving care that goes into each plant.
November 13, 2013 at 6:49 am |
Whoa, I had more catching up to do than I thought – my apologies.
November 17, 2013 at 3:33 pm |
You must live in a super climate for growing roses, George, or maybe your thumb is greener than mine. 😉