The Fawn ...

A new rose for me is the very fragrant Lady of Megginch ...

It fades to a beautiful light purple shade which unfortunately the camera didn't pick up ...

Another new rose this year is Mother of Pearl purchased after reading Michael G's mention of it. This is the first bloom, but many, many others are following. Thanks Michael ...

Thomas Affleck. Love this rose! Beautiful, always in bloom, self cleaning and thornless ...

Another favorite is Gabriel Privit in the blue pot ...

The Prince in the foreground, Rainbow Knockout at lower left ...

The Prince in its early spring deep color which is beautiful close up, but sort of disappears when viewed from a distance ...

I'm really liking Quietness. It's looking more apricot than it's usual pink in early morning light...

Prospero and Pretty Jessica are planted together in the center container. They both stay small and make a good combo. Both are very fragrant. Belinda's Dream and Duchesse de Brabant on the left ...

I've been enjoying the creativity of finding, renovating, and arranging 'junque' into garden art. I rescued a sunburst clock, put a hubcap on it for a mirror and mounted it on the bird cage ...

A collection of objects and pots next to La Marne in the light blue pot. The object holding the pot with cactus is an upside down lamp stand ...

A thrift store find of old Mexican clock frame with flowers flowing out now instead of time ...

Phlox and bougainvilleas provide very dependable color all summer long in the heat of Southwest Texas ...

Victoria phlox, an old fashioned southern passalong plant does very well and is also very fragrant ...

Robert Poore and John Fannicks phlox are also very healthy in the south. When dead headed all the phlox bloom until frost. White Acoma crape myrtle trees are in the back ground ...

Hope you enjoyed the little tour and were not bored with things other than roses. Thanks for looking :-)

Thanks for posting; I enjoyed a peek into your garden! Gean

Ingrid

Great phlox and roses!

Just one more. This part of the garden beyond the arch is planted with colorful foliage plants in grey or white enamel washing machine tubs which can be purchased around here for $5.00. Perhaps it might give some of you an idea of what a nice big pot you could get for the money ...

A lot of my garden is planted in pots since we have about 3 inches of soil before we hit caliche, huge rocks, or solid limestone.

I think I'm going to like it a lot and am going to move it to a more prominent spot.

Thanks so much for sharing your delightful garden

Florence

"Victoria phlox" is, I think, an old unnamed passalong phlox that Southern gardners have grown for years. It was called 'Summer phlox', 'Garden phlox, and 'Standing phlox'. I feel that the Texas Super Star people gave it the name of "Victoria" as it certainly looks like the same one to me. It also seems to me that the different colored "John Fanick's" and "Richard Poore" named varieties are variations of this old standbye, but I don't know that for sure. I do know that other varieties grown in the cooler states such as "Nicky" will not stand up to the heat of Texas. I tried "Nicky" this spring and it dried up and died when the heat set in. Southern European nurseries are missing a good thing by not offering it.

I've never had any of these heat tolerant varieties seed out in the garden, but not much does as I use so much mulch. I'll be watching to see if I can find seeds on the plants. Email me through my page.

It looks so inviting I love all your nooks with the green foliage.

What color blue did you use for the wood arbors etc ?It is a great color--

My garden is ssuch a mess I will be stopping in again for another visit.

Florence

Florence

Kitty, so far canes on my Fawn are horizonal. It's interesting to see how yours has put some height on. How old is it? It's a wonderful rose, isn't it?

Probably most of you have read that I'm downzing sizing the garden as to the number of roses grown. I'll have to admit it made me a tiny bit sad to look at the rose photos from this spring as well as see how the roses in the garden are covered with buds again after my cutting the buds off when chilli thrips were found to be stunting their growth.

But nothing stays the same. That's the nature of this world. I'll still be gardening -- just less intensely ... maybe :-)

But I also have some lovely pictures of my roses which bring me joy --plus the survivors which still have blooms every year are delightful---

I'm just happy to be able to walk around and enjoy the fragrance --and pick some blooms----
No more heavy gardening!!

Florence

While I'm here I wanted to share a sign a friend made just recently for my garden. The garden will be undergoing a big transformation soon, but it will remain a stress free area of my life. I can hardly wait to get started!

Florence