Buff Beauty on the back of the sales office and also in the left corner of this photo. Belinda is in the pot on the right.
View of the main allé with red roses left to right - Little Buckaroo, Cadenza and Louis Philippe. Bright pink gladiolus are Byzantine Gladiolus.
Here she is for her Hollywood shot.
Bluebonnets still blooming. Red hedge is Cramoisi Superieur. Pink behind to the left is Natchitoches Noisette and to her extreme right is Rosette Delizy.
Duchesse de Brabant - the one Teddy Roosevelt picked as a bud for his lapel.
The bud of Winter Sunset,
and here she is in full bloom. A "Buck" rose.
Julia Childs, said to have a sweet licorice fragrance.
Joseph's Coat (1969) The online catalog calls the colors "showstopping". I would have to agree. Showing the full range of colors today I had only seen in books. The total range of colors from yellow to orange to red are displayed in this mannerly climber. The mail order site shows to be sold out but we still have some on hand in San Antonio. I bet the one with the bloom is gone tomorrow!
Philippine violet (Baleria cristata) with its fall bloom just out the back door of the sales office.
Sylvester is supervising the wedding set-up.
The beautiful bride is here taking pre-wedding photos.
After the wedding, took a walk through the parking lot. Luckenbach Rambler is providing a nice show of color.
A closer look. A "found rose" only occasionally for sale at The Antique Rose Emporium.
Bridal photographer with her subject in the Blue Courtyard. (Call for appointments!)
To top off my day a visit from some Austin bloggers.
Closing time. Skies are still gloomy from the promise of tropical moisture (some from the Gulf, some from Rick).
Clyda has been arranging all day. Getting ready for our big weekend. Festival of Roses. Saturday and Sunday. Be there! ;D
I dare you to tell Clyda I stole her soul with this photo. She did not see me get her in this shot.
Red roses (left to right) Little Buckaroo (Monsieur Tillier - pink peeking up), Cadenza. Reve d'Or on the arbor over the Herb section.
Summer vincas thinning out to meet the winter petunias. Lemon thyme makes the border.
Better view of the morning photos.
The Tea rose, ‘Mme. Antoine Rebe’ is considered single petaled. For you folk that think you need to have lots of petals... take a look at this girl. Quite spectacular I must say.
The Almond Verbena (Aloysia virgata) by the Gift Shop is always blooming. With the rains and couple days of respite from the heat it is now an amazing thing to behold. The heavy almond scent carries throughout the nursery.
Mrs. Dudley Cross with Old Blush (pink) behind on the right. The blue flowers on the right are Salvia farinacea (Mealy Blue Salvia).
Garden is all planted. Veggie plants in the background and a little row of radishes freshly sprouting along the border.
I had been away from the nursery for a couple days this week to return to a totally different world. Temperatures in the 70's and rain!
The White Cloud Cenizo is the true tell for a long rain period. It was a welcome sign for my return to work this week.
The boss says we have received over 7" of rain recently. This 1-1/2" arrived just this morning!
Many of the roses have truly responded to the rainfall. This is Climbing Pinkie.
Sometimes the wildflowers (weeds) respond just as nicely. This is Hairy Cluster Vine on the arbor. (Jacquemontia tamnifolia) This wildflower arrived last year along the cedar post fence just left of its current home. Perhaps a present from one of our feathered friends.
"It is an annual vine from the Morning Glory family (Convolvulaceae), likes moist sandy soils in distrubed areas, usually along open edges of cultivated fields, streams, or roadsides. " (From Wildflowers of Texas by Geyata Ajilvsgi.)
Few thorns on this dense dark green shrub. This shrub planted on the pathway in the retail area is covered with newly formed buds (in this heat!). Second photo shows the hips that are starting to fill out. These hips are an other reason to enjoy this rose in the fall.
Valentine looks happy sitting in these containers as it is in solid color. It has been over a 100 degrees for days (weeks, actually) here and is making the rest of the garden look a "little" crisp.
Kronprincessin Viktoria (1887) is the white sport of 'Souvenir de la Malmaison'. Bourbon rose which means a heavy rose fragrance. 1887. 3 to 4 feet shrub. Good container rose.
A little hard to see due to the glare of the 100 degree sun but the walkway is lined with bountiful blooms of Blush Noisette. A really great fragrance as you walk along.
'Rose à Parfum de l'Hay' is giving me another bloom in spite of all this heat. One of the other branches had some blooms. Some opened and some suffered with a lack of regular watering:
Just snip off the dried buds and hope for a little rain shower.
The bee balm in the garden has finished blooming, has become very leggy and has covered some of the verbena planted next to it. I have since cut it down to the ground to reveal new growth down at mulch level:
Removing the top growth cleans up the look of the plant and reduces (somewhat) the moisture the plant will need to support itself through the drought.
Salvia farinacea here is going through the same cut back.
I could leave half of the plant cut back so the area did not look so barren. I could come back in a few weeks and cut the rest back as the new growth fills in the area.
But I chose to cut back all the thicker leggy branches to leave young tender sprouts to fill in for now.
Hard to have large fat rose blooms in 100 degree heat. Look now for the smaller flowers that have only gotten more beautiful. Perl d'Or is today's photo. The bush is a stunning in the heat of the summer with these beautiful peach blush pink blooms. (I love the way the petals curl for a most unusual look.)
You have been looking for her. We have her for a limited time only. Julia Child is not a rose that we grow but we were able to locate some for those looking for another yellow rose.
Shiny dark green leaves and double yellow blooms with a knotted center. 3-4' bush.
We will only have her here for a limited time only. $24.99