First roses are out

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Tuesday 28 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike

As with everything in the garden, the rose are out that bit later this year, but nonetheless, they are worth waiting for. The volume and regularity of the winter rains has done wonders for the plants – fingers crossed for a good show this season! This is one of our four rosebeds, notwithstanding the various areas of ground roses, this shows the amount of blooms out so far. Incidentally, this bed is almost entirely stocked from cuttings 🙂

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After some overnight rain, I thought I’d have a few minutes out there with the camera before the school run. The rain drops add a certain freshness, don’t you think?

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These pink blooms are always the first ones out, and are the hardiest of the roses we keep – lovely fragrance too (note use of posh word).

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The bright reds are next…

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But my personal favourites are these deep maroon coloured roses.

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