A VIEW FROM ABOVE …
I’ve made several posts about the rose bushes I planted in the front beds last spring. But they have always been side views taken from the front lawn. Today we had a lot of rain, and I was checking out the beds from the front veranda. (Ok, so I decided to get fancy and call the front porch a veranda. One of the definitions of porch happens to be veranda. Admittedly, it would have been somewhat pretentious if I called it a porche or porticos.) Anyway, I was looking at the garden from above, and the flowers seemed more impressive.
This is one of the hot pink bushes. Since the fall rains started the blossoms are larger and fuller.
This is one of the red bushes.
The raindrops in the close-up gives the blossoms a sort of dew drop effect.
Now I have to go buy a special pruning shears to shape the plants next February. I’m so satisfied with the roses, I plan to replace the lilies at the end of each bed with another rose-bush. The lilies couldn’t take the heat we had this year, and the blossoms wilted before they even had a chance to open.
And that’s how my garden grows … along the veranda.
Posted on October 22, 2012, in LIFE WITH BOB and tagged fall, how the garden grows, porch, porche, porticos, roses, veranda. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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They are stunning!
And surprisingly still going strong on the third of November.