Beautiful!

Out of curiosity, is your 'Mme Dore' thornless? Mine (from Vintage Gardens) is, yet there's no mention of that characteristic on HelpMeFind. I don't know if it's just because mine is still young, or if it will remain so -- right now, the stems are completely smooth. And I can't find any in your pic.

:-)

~Christopher

How is your Young Lycidas doing?

Mine is loaded with fat blooms. I took this one today thinking of you

Yay! More pictures of your garden. Can you see my happy dance? :-) Your posts are more fun than all the rose books in my library. Thank you for the tea rose fix. I have Mrs. BR Cant envy. Her blooms are positively voluptuous. The design of your garden is so lovely, Ingrid-- the layout, the materials and the color/texture composition of the plants. Everything is so soft and inviting. Your curved pathway is perfect. I hope you and your undergardener enjoy many romantic evenings on the deck. What a view you must have from there! Carol

Lovely juxtaposition of graceful lines on rugged terrain. Thanks for sharing your gardens; this is a nice way to wind down after a long, long day.

jannike

So pretty, Ingrid. It is such a joy to see your garden.
Sammy

Everything is so beautiful Ingrid. That deck must be such a pleasant spot.

Christopher, on your behalf I went out and groped Mme. Dore and she is not thornless, although the thorns are very small and most prominent on old wood. They are very sparse at best, and it would be interesting to know whether your specimen shows thorns in the future.

Carol, what can I say but thank you, thank you. You cause me to appreciate my garden more because your comments open my eyes to features I take for granted or don't really see any more.

Kippy, thank you for your picture of Young Lycidas. Your camera seems to capture the true color of the blooms whereas mine makes them seem more red. I did have a beautiful flower which fried pitifully on the day it was 94 degrees but I have about four buds now. This rose is growing very slowly for me.

jannike, I was caught unaware by the beauty of your first sentence. If my garden lives up to that description then I'll consider it a success. I still have too many small, young roses that I don't show in the pictures to make that a reality right now, but maybe by next year....

Thank you so much, Sammy and Pam. I'm grateful the deck is still there since one of our wildfires came close enough to burn the underside of it.

Ingrid

As usual, I enjoyed the tour of your garden with the "rugged terrain" in the background and the contrasting straight-lined paths and patios. I always wish I could sit out there and just enjoy!

Kate

Ingrid, great pictures, as usual.

What are the little white flowers that border the path in the back garden?

And what does Mme Dore smell like? Vintage describes it as "fruit and ginger."

That little unknown miniature sure is a trooper. It looks fantastic, covered in foliage and clusters of blooms.

Thank you Kate, it would be a pleasure to have you visit and talk about roses. Of course, then you'd spot all the "bad" parts of the garden that you'll never see in my pictures!

belle, the small white flowers are alyssum, which looks pretty during the cooler months and dries up when it heats up. I rip it up then and it always comes back again. I really don't know how to characterize the smell of Mme. Dore. In my dry weather it doesn't have a very strong smell and I'm not great with describing scents anyway. I do know it's nothing like the beery smell of SdlM.

Yes, the miniature is a trooper and even does quite well in the summer heat. I wish I knew its name.

Ingrid

Ingrid - your garden looks wonderful - I particularly love William R Smith an Mlle. de Sombreuil. I think I've become a 'tea rose lover' forever.

Thank you for posting your photos - I'm also very envious of your ability to post photos so effortlessly ;-)

Tricia

Ingrid I keep coming back to look at your photos again and again.
They are lovely.
By the way, my Young Lycidas is very slow growing too.
I have given it a decent amount of space, but that it what it still is...space.
Daisy

You take nice photos, Ingrid: thanks for posting them. I wish I had such a camera artist to portray my garden.
Melissa

Lovely!

Tricia, I think the tea roses are just about my favorites, also - they grow so large and wild and free; they're so impressive and so very generous with their flowers. Wm. R. Smith seems the least tea-like with its stiff petals and thick canes, but the flowers are exquisite.

Daisy, when I see pictures of your garden I'm humbled and entranced. You are a true gardener, and on top of that to have a view of the ocean makes your garden a paradise. Still, to make something out of my patch of desiccated, rocky desert and have you admire it is very satisfying indeed.

Melissa, your comment struck me deeply. I cannot tell you how many times after one of your lyrical descriptions I wanted nothing more than to be in your garden and celebrate it in a thousand pictures. It's a garden that is imbued with your character and personality, a difficult garden where you and your husband have had to break your backs to bring it to life. It's not finished and it may never be since there's so much land, but what a photographic opportunity it would be for someone who loves gardens and old roses.

Ingrid

Thank you for a nice treat---I love the brick path----
Florence