Love this color combo. Every three years beds get divided and replanted offering opportunity to try new arrangements of colors together, which is part of the fun of collecting #irises.
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I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
This year has felt like 9 months of babysitting somebody else’s kid and they’re making you play a boardgame you don’t wanna play and making up the rules so only they can win and also they’re screaming the whole time and their parents aren’t coming home anytime soon and you’re paying them $150 a day
I started it in seed trays and grew them on in 6-packs before planting them out in the garden. I think initially I added a bit of dolomite lime to the soil, because I know they like more alkaline soil than what we have. But now they have self-sown around to the extent that they get weeded out!
Three white roses and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. Captured during a neighborhood walk. September 2025.
“Don't let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”
― Dalai Lama.
Wishing you a calm and peaceful evening and a terrific Thursday!
#WhiteWednesday #RoseWednesday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
In winter, I always think I'll post more photos of #roses in summer when they're in bloom. But the garden keeps me so busy in summer, I'm lucky to snap a few photos let alone share them here. That said, here's 'Radiance' (HT, 1908), the most widely grown rose of its day and still a very good do'er!
David Austin's typical "myrrh" scent with an almond note that sweetens it a bit.
Good luck! They make excellent cut flowers, too.
It was surprisingly easy! I started them from seed and set the 6 pack they were in on a pot where I intended to plant them, and forgot about them. Their roots grew down into the pot, and they bloomed and set seed. I sprinkled that seed around the garden, and now they're essentially a weed!
White on white. The found hybrid tea rose, 'Hoag House Cream' flirting with white delphiniums. In the background is another tough old hybrid tea, 'Comtesse de Cassagne' from ~1919.
🌱 #roses #zone8b #bloomscrolling
A cluster of blooms from David Austin's "Charity 97" (Auschar). I received this by accident years ago and it's become one of our favorite #roses. I'm glad to see High Country Roses began offering it recently, because it really deserves to remain in commerce.
🌱 #zone8b #bloomscrolling #Englishroses
Swallowtails have been frequently haunting the garden this June. I wasn't sure what was attracting them until I saw this one enjoying the self-sown Sweet William dianthus that pops up here and there at the edges of the garden. 🌱 #zone8b #bloomscrolling #flowersonFriday 🦋
The State Department refuses to answer questions about Andry, including whether or not he is alive, even though lawmakers, his lawyers, his family, & all of us have consistently demanded information. The Department is banking on us forgetting him.
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/06/09/5...
Andry José Hernández Romero with a makeup client.
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 97 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
Wow! I'm surprised it's put on all of that growth without blooming. Mine has grown steadily but not aggressively and seems very willing to bloom. I do tip prune longer canes to encourage lateral branching, so that probably helps encourage blooming, too.
Here are some photos of the Davis Store tea rose's spring flush. It's just blooming now - much later than the other true tea roses that have already finished their first flush - and unfortunately that means it's been a victim of Western flower thrips that have somewhat spoiled the blooms.
It's such a chameleon!
Any idea what it is?
That's one of my favorites! The scent, the good rebloom and the deeper color on the center petals...just perfect. I hope you meant you took the cutting in 2023, not 2013?
Heirloom have historically had several mislabeled varieties among their old rose selection - like a Comte de Chambord that doesn't repeat bloom. High Country Roses is probably a safer bet. Rogue Valley Roses, too.
Of the older roses, many can get large, but these stay smaller (with pruning) and are very fragrant: Comte de Chambord, Baronne Prevost, Rose de Rescht, and Marchesa Boccella. I recommend cutting them back by 1/3 after each flush to keep the shrub tidy and stimulate rebloom.
Self-control is an admirable trait!
Yes, a hopeless addict, I'm afraid, with just shy of 150 varieties at the moment 😬
Thanks, Andrew! Another one to add to the list 😉
Beautiful blooms! Do you know the name of the rose in the 3rd photo? It's such a deep and unusual color.
Will do! Last time I took cuttings from this, they all rooted, so it's easy to propagate. The flowers are very large, too, which isn't always clear in photos of large blooms. It only blooms once each summer, but that's the only drawback. The blooms start out this color and then turn purple.
I really enjoy the connection to history that growing old roses gives me. It's interesting to think of all of the people who have known a rose over the years - from the breeder, all of the people who smelled and touched it, and the people who ensured it survived by propagating it for others.
