My garden amazes me. With the unseasonably warm weather this winter, we have been hit hard with a riot of weeds. No joke! Weeds everywhere you can see – front yard, side yard, driveway and back yard. Amongst the weed meadow in the back yard, I could faintly see these roses blooming. It brought a…
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Photography Monday: South Pasadena Garden Tour 2014 Part IV
I wanted to share the last photos from the garden tour that featured sustainable gardens in an urban setting. *Tina
Photography Monday: South Pasadena Garden Tour 2014 Part III
Most of the backyards on the garden tour created space for entertaining as well incorporating sustainable landscaping. Fruit trees and succulents blend with roses and other California native plants to create an interesting tapestry of color and texture. Return next week for the final installment of the South Pasadena Garden Tour 2014. *Tina
Photography Monday: The Huntington’s Roses Part IV
The rose labels displayed near each rose contain three pieces of important information: cultivar name, horticultural class and date of introduction or when the cultivar was first sold. We enjoyed reading the labels and were quite entertained by the rose names. If you are ever in the area, you must make a trip to The…
Photography Monday: The Huntington’s Roses Part III
The Huntington’s Rose Garden includes important parent roses, roses from prominent hybridizers, and rose cultivars from around the world that grow exceedingly well in Southern California. The garden has been redesigned many times over the years with major plantings in 1922, 1945, 1973, 1982 and 1988. First bloom starts about April 15th and continues until…
Flower Brick
Years ago, I purchased this flower brick because I liked it and thought it would be handy to have. For years, it sat unused in the cupboard until a few days ago when I realized its true potential. My roses have started to bloom and they are an older variety with a delightful fragrance, but…
Photography Monday: The Huntington’s Roses Part II
The Huntington Rose Garden is a rose lover’s delight. Beds upon beds filled with shrub roses, climbing and rambling roses, Hybrid Teas, Floribundas, Polyanthas, miniatures, and David Austin roses. More roses to come in the next installment for your viewing pleasure. What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell…
Ye Old Flower Shoppe
All of these flowers were picked from my garden. My garden! The roses came with the property, but the dahlias and sweet peas were added by none other than yours truly. I am astonished and amazed at the diversity of colors and sizes. Such an eclectic mix, but mine nonetheless. Granted, I have been able…
Photography Monday: The Huntington’s Roses
The Huntington’s three and half acre rose garden was first planted in 1908 by William Hertich. In the 1970’s, it was reorganized as a collection garden with more than 4,000 individual plants arranged historically to trace the development of roses from ancient to modern times. We have just started the tour of the Huntington Rose Garden seen…
Mother’s Day Bouquets
With my parents out of town for the weekend, I decided to make bouquets for my mother-in-law and sister-in-law to celebrate Mother’s Day. Because my mother loves pink flowers with a little bit of red thrown in, it is very easy to put together a bouquet with little effort. The flowers do all the work and…