A Spring Garden Tour: Roses, Roses & More Blooms!

This is a spectacular year for roses in North Texas! Our garden began bit by bit just after we moved into this house in the spring and summer of 2019, and the first roses were planted the following spring after ordering from David Austin Roses out of West Texas. Come see all the blooms!

Most of our roses are four years old bushes now where they are mature enough that they are beginning to climb along our fences and walls… So ethereal!

This is an Eden climbing rose. Most of my roses are repeat bloomers; however, Eden is a once a year show-stopper. This was taken a couple of weeks ago…

I planted these snapdragons last year and I guess they seeded themselves as they came back like crazy this year!

Another beauty in its pot at the front of the shed next to its wooly holly companion. 😉

Life is like a rose garden ~ watch for the thorns and keep the pest dust handy.”

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Sooo many wildflowers popped up, too. Nepeta or catmint on the right, above. The wildflower, Dayflower, is on the left. They grow beautifully here and I’ve actually lifted some and moved them from the front yard into the back garden. They don’t seem to mind. 🙂

This may be Obedient Plant. Hard to tell since my 100 Texas Wildflowers book doesn’t show a close-up of the leaves. This comes up on its own each year since I started watering this southside of the garden.

I searched the internet including the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, too, for this plant. Not sure what this wildflower is because of these leaves’ shape. These flowers grow from single stems then bloom at the tips. Really pretty and they’ve been multiplying each year!

Moving into the pots up against our patio, Mary Rose is blooming fiercely with tons of blooms ready to pop in the future!

Under our bedroom window, these pretties are cheering us as we look through the windows.

This is Albrighton of which I just snipped a bunch for Sunday lunch with Gramma Gini. It is a quatrefoil, if I remember correctly. I love its hundred petals per flower.

Here is Gentle Hermione, another English rose, of which I have two. Sadly, I think these two both are susceptible to rose rosette disease… 🙁 There isn’t a cure yet, but I am hopeful Texas A&M will come up with something soon.

I cannot be without roses… <3

Here is Gentle Hermione along the fence prior to having the new fence panel installed. 🙂

Outfront, we have Miranda Lambert in the tall green urn. It just goes for it! <3

This year, this rose is growing more upright. It also acts a bit like a small climber as sometimes some of the canes will lay over. Very pretty, actually!

A last look at a backyard rose in its pot… 🙂

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Have a happy day, garden friends,