Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day

The month is June, the subject is roses.  I am going about the neighborhood to see how many roses I can capture.

This creamy yellow beauty is in  my neighbor's garden

This rose greets me every morning.

It seems I'm not the only one who loves roses.  I spied these on my walk around the neighborhood.

To see what's blooming around the country visit Carol at May Dreams Gardens .

Written by Carolyngail at Sweet Home and Garden Chicago All rights reserved

I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN

I LOVE roses and if I won the lottery tomorrow I'd buy an old Southern mansion like Tara and start planting rose beds everywhere. I envy singer Pam Tillis's mom. Pam bought her a mansion in Tennessee and she has planted 35 different gardens. That's my idea of paradise on earth.

I don't have the space or sun for roses but my neighbor has a double-wide lot and one bed is devoted to David Austin roses; cultivars unknown. In addition to being beautiful most of them have a wonderful fragrance as well.

The photos above are of the three I thought were the prettiest.

Another neighbor brought back a cutting from Kentucky of a Civil war era climbing rose that is a deep yellow and fragrant. She gave me and several other neighbors a clipping and now it is gracing several gardens on the street.




Those Chicago Spring Flingers that visited my garden saw my Kentucky Belle passalong rose in bloom. I didn't think it had enough sun in my east facing front garden but apparently it proved me wrong. I'm going to take a clipping from it and plant it in my sunny backyard and let it climb the garage wall.

PROOF POSITIVE THAT KNOCKOUT IS THE BEST

Rosa ' knockout '

We've had some pretty cold weather and a lot of plants have succumbed to it. The exception, however, is the Knockout Rose Shrub, pictured above. This is how it looks as of November 10 . Unbelievable.

For those not yet convinced, this is proof positive that Knockout is a real trooper in the garden. I always try to include it in any sunny location that my client may have.

I am not surprised to see them still in bloom around the Chicago area. If you don't have this rose shrub in your garden I encourage you to put it on your list.

IN SEARCH OF THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER

Wild Roses in Orange Vase by Moi

Today was crisp and cool as I went on my daily walk around the neighborhood I decided to see how many roses were still in bloom. Chicago has wonderful median planters dividing some major streets. I spied this prolific white rose shrub still in full bloom :

I'm guessing this is a carpet rose

A pretty pink rose , unknown variety

The award-winning non-stop blooming ' Knockout '

Wait a minute you're not a rose - That's just Magnolia Betty showing her last blossom