Some Rose Closeups

 'Pope John Paul II'
Rosa 'Pope John Paul II' photo 3-25-4929_zps1ac3a3b2.jpg
'Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria'
Rosa 'Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria' photo 3-25-4947_zpsf6d8234a.jpg
'Lunar Mist'
Rosa 'Lunar Mist' photo 3-25-4918_zps30887d08.jpg
'Munstead Wood', peaking through a Salvia.
Rosa 'Munstead Wood' photo 3-25-4906_zps390c2215.jpg
 'Golden Celebration'
Rosa 'Golden Celebration' photo 3-25-4959_zpsa870b45f.jpg
 'Barcelona'
Rosa 'Barcelona' photo 3-25-4966_zpsc9547fc9.jpg
'Ebb Tide', just about to fall apart.
Rosa 'Ebb Tide photo 3-25-4938_zpsad91f417.jpg
 'Wildeve', shy.
Rosa 'Wildeve' photo 3-25-4942_zps8008e4bd.jpg 
Besides the roses, Digiplexis 'Ilumination Flame' has recovered from being planted.  So far, so good...
Digiplexis 'Illumination Flame' photo 3-25-4903_zpsefd8ba4c.jpg

Digiplexis 'Illumination Flame' photo 3-25-4914_zpsdaca1542.jpg 
I have not been in the gully garden for a few days.  In my absence, the Hippeastrums have started to open.
'Apple Blossom' or facsimile:
x Hippeastrum 'Apple Blossom' photo 3-25-4925_zps1415b303.jpg
'Rilona' (!)
x Hippeastrum 'Rilona' photo 3-25-4934_zpsd6447dc6.jpg   
And to finish, a simple Nasturtium, veined like Tiffany glass.
Nasturtium photo 3-25-4955_zps67a47a75.jpg
Ah, spring!   
 

Comments

  1. Beautiful closeups! I love the colors of your roses, especially those golden-apricot ones and the dark reds. Munstead Wood is just so rich looking. Nothing but aconites up here at the moment - roses in spring, wow!

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  2. I don't grow roses because of their fussiness, but I do love looking at the flowers. So I always enjoy your beautiful closeups of them. And the Nasturtium too, a favorite annual.

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    1. Thanks Alison. It is climate isn't it? Here they are so easy. If they were fussy I wouldn't grow them either--well not many anyway.

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  3. You make a good case for giving Nasturtium equal billing with the divas.

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  4. Gorgeous, gorgeous photographs!
    Roses are so addictive, aren't they? I've never seen Wildeve before. The deep lavender color is lovely and unusual - I'm putting it on my wish list!
    Thank you, Suzanne

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  5. Beautiful photos of beautiful roses. One of my 4 Digiplexis has produced the start of a flower spike too, although it's not as far along as yours. I'm gratified to discover it may actually bloom - I killed an Isoplexis 2 years ago before it got even close.

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    1. I was looking at the Isoplexis at Digging Dog--they say they are not that easy.

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  6. Your spring is our summer, the roses are already gorgeous flowering. The Ebbtide rose looks so different in colour, so pretty. The Digiplexis 'Illumination Flame", another beauty I have not heard of before, looks a bit like Digitalis may be they are relatives.

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    1. The Digiplexis is a new plant, cross of Isoplexis (recently reclassified to Digitalis I think) and a Digitalis.

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  7. roses are not my favorite but I cannot help being totally charmed by these especailly the purple one

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  8. Looking forward to seeing the Digiplexus as it advances into bloom. It looks quite yummily (is that a word?) orange and pink, and I think I recall pictures of the open flowers showing both colors.

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    1. Yes pink/red/burgundy depending on the light and the location, and orange in the center, though I see this morning the center starts out greeny-yallery, and oranges up.

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  9. Sorry all for delay in comment answering. I've been doing a lot of stuff...

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