But I sure enjoyed a few of the roses while hauling wheel barrows about.

Don Juan is loving the heat, finally no balled roses, but a couple dozen bright red roses waving in the light breeze, even found one brought in the house had rooted. If only all roses wanted to set fat hips and root from vases so easy.

Abraham Darby is still thanking us for moving him from the heat out front.

Yves Piaget is really to burst out again.

And Lady Ann Kidwell not only bloomed her itty bitty head off, but is full of new growth.

And mom was enjoying all the chairs in the garden, even catching a zzzz or two.

What did you enjoy?

I had a wonderful group of 8 Elina roses which I shared with a dear lady who manages the local Chinese Buffet. Also the J. Strauss roses are still going strong along with the new polys. I don't know how they managed to keep flowering in the awful heat we just had. Abe had a few nice blooms and even Evelyn managed a beauty this weekend.

How fun Mendeocino! I have a feeling my 'little' cl Cecile Brunner will not be little for long.

The Sacramento cemetery garden is looking good and there are quite a few roses that have at least a few flowers. We get an August flush and then a bigger one in October - this often is a quiet time in our garden. Forest Ranch Pompom has some deep rich purple flowers. This is the time of year that colors are more saturated.

The thing that I enjoyed most in the cemetery this weekend was the Sheriff's Work Project crew who fixed the crumbling bricks on one raised plot, helped me sort out an irrigation problem in the front bed behind our sign, and who have steadily weeded and trimmed iris. They may be working there in lieu of going to jail, but I am constantly grateful for their efforts, and even more so for the handful of volunteers.
Anita

Ingrid

Josh

My roses are pretty much a mess right now. I wracked up my knee a couple of weeks ago so the only thing I've done out there is water because I had to. Otherwise they're a weedy, spotty, undead headed mess. Even so there are a few blooms! Heather Sproul has 6 buds opening and they're lovely and the Archduke Charles bloomed again for me. It's still such a tiny plant but it's holding up it's blooms proudly.

My big excitement though was that my moon flower vine finally bloomed! I've planted them 3 years now and this is the first time I've gotten any blooms. They're huge, fragrant and beautiful!

Over the weekend I potted up three new bands. I'd ordered Annie Laurie McDowell and a replacement Pretty Jessica. I also received a bonus rose - Rainbow. Then today I searched the forum for information on Rainbow. Not good from what I read from Kim, Jeri and others. Still, maybe I'll find just the place it can be happy. Won't hurt to try. Lou

The one bright thing in my sun-fried garden was tiny Rock Hill Peach tea, still in her gallon pot, but covered in pretty little blooms. I hope she continues to bloom like that once in the ground.

I disbudded tons of buds from my bands.

I enjoyed probably the last weekend of my the unmannerly, out of control, Zinnia takeover of my kitchen garden. Mr. subk who likes things more orderly is ready for some nice neat rows of Fall salad makings...

I'm glad to say that the bands that I planted straight into the ground earlier this year are holding their own in the heat, and have even put out a few buds, which I of course removed. I wouldn't have expected an early Austin like Potter and Moore to bloom in this heat, but it has and the blooms actually are holding up quite well. I think this is a "sleeper" of a rose, especially for hot and dry climates. I think it's about two years old now.

Ingrid

After the brief heatwave, I've been deadheading and watering, and more watering--so only chores! I did notice new growth on some rose bushes, despite the heat that fried all the buds and flowers, while I was watering them; also my Yves Piaget (he had a nickle-sized gall that I removed and treated with a bleach-and-water solution), he appears to be gall-free currently.

Florence have you thought about some of the new Kordes roses that look like the English roses? All the ones I am trying are easy and fast growing and don't need spraying. They are supposed to take the cold too. I think they might even hold their own against weeds they grow so boldly. Not much fragrance but an incredible sight. So far I have Cinderella, Pomponella and Lions from the fairytale group and I am pleased with them all. I just ordered Eifelzauber from Palatine and I hope its as good as the rest. Lions has never stopped blooming since it settled in @ year 2. I'm sad to hear about your beauty getting rose rosette.

My SDLM is still blooming continuously even though the rain ceased several weeks ago and we are having the hottest weather we've had all year. What a trooper that rose is! Also, my yard has been full of butterflies. I allow the butterfly weed to grow wherever it sprouts because the monarchs are under so much pressure and their numbers are lessening. there were half a dozen monarch caterpillars stripping the leaves off of the several butterfly weed shrubs.
kay

This weekend I potted three new bands. Talisman, Ophelia and Mrs Charles Bell. I planted onion, cauliflower, broccoli, and brussels sprout seedlings. I usually grow my vegetables from seed but am afraid I didn't provide enough water during our heatwave. So the seedlings are my backup.

Mostly, I"m working on cleaning up, clearing out the annuals and vegetables that are done. I harvested A LOT of tomatoes. I also collected quite a few eggs from our hens who just started laying. I really despise this time of year when everything looks awful. Only the hollyhocks still look decent.

I got a ton of conifers this weekend so was busy planting those. As for roses, Oranges 'n' Lemons was blooming heavily this weekend with Tiffany and Ebb Tide setting tons of buds for this weeks show.

Here the rains have come back and our summery weather the last few months will have to last me awhile. I am caught up on vitamin d anyway, hah! But the roses and garden appreciate the rains after nearly 3 months of nothing but the garden hose. It has been a great summer here and I am really grateful to have been outside in the sun for as much of it as I could stand. Gean

Glad to hear you are all right - well, as alright as one may be after a car crash.

I enjoyed outing together an herb pot, of all thing. I've been using them for cooking and finally got them a nice little home for them to grow in.