They are green!! Or at least most of them!

Category: My roses | Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 4:54 am

Well, I have been trying to take some pictures of my roses and other flowers for the last few days but it has rained everyday that I have tried. I'm not complaining, considering Montana has pretty much been in drought status for the last 6 or 7 years, but my tulips sure don't need anymore water.(Just ask Trey) But today it didn't rain, just stayed overcast all day, so I got a few good shots. I actually have 22 rose bushes, I think I had posted earlier that I had 20. Not that all with live, but a couple I always say are going to die and they turn out the biggest blooms every year. I'm also including a few other flowers and shrubs that are blooming as well. Let me know what ya'll think! If there is anything that ya'll know that I can do to help my roses, please feel free to give me some advice! I will take all that I can get!

My neighbor calls this shrub a Snowball bush. If anyone knows the correct name of it, please tell me. It is my favorite thing in my backyard.

A couple of closeups of the snowball bush

My Irises are starting to bloom!

OK, Here are my rose bushes.(Sorry so many pics)

These are a couple of the bushes that I never think are going to bloom. Eventually they do.

This is one of the roses I planted.Can you tell?

Another one I planted

Yet another one I'm guilty of planting

Another rose I planted. I really wanted this one to live. I LOVE white roses!

I'm afraid this one has no hope...

This one has bloomed every year we have lived here. I'm not sure what happened to it, but maybe it will make a comeback. Doesn't look to promising though.

Ok, not that I bombarded ya'll with photos, I hope I get some good feedback. I am really enjoying this website and I'm glad I'm a part of the fantastic four along with my cousin,sister-in-law and mama.
Here we come to save the day!!!
Take care ya'll!

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heathermt75 wrote on Tue May 23, 2006 4:56 am:

You know, I was just previewing this blog to post it and noticed that one of my roses has blooms on it! I was so busy just trying to get pictures of each of them that I literally overlooked the new blooms! Talk about not taking the time to smell the roses! I was too busy taking pictures of them!! I will get a good close up of the blooms tomorrow!

jubabe296 wrote on Tue May 23, 2006 3:54 pm:

Hey I love that snowball bush!! It is gorgeous!!! I looked it up and that is the right name for it. Sure wish I had that growing in my yard!!LOL! Your roses are looking good. I can't believe you overlooked those huge buds though!!LOL! I look forward to seeing more photos.

eileen wrote on Wed May 24, 2006 11:20 pm:

Heather the full name of your Snowball Bush is European Snowball Bush "Roseum" Viburnum opulus. Most probably 'Starlight.'

I noticed that the fourth rose piccie from the bottom had buds on it. looking forward to seeing it when it blooms.

I always let 'dead' plants stay in the garden for a year. If nothing happens after that they end up in the compost bin. Hope that's not going to be the fate of some of your rose bushes.

tweetykiss wrote on Thu May 25, 2006 12:55 am:

I love your snowball bush...it is very pretty. I hope your tulips make a comeback. :)

heathermt75 wrote on Thu May 25, 2006 5:16 am:

I think I will leave my "dead" roses there for a year. My luck would be that they probably aren't dead and I would have dug up perfectly healthy plants. Thanks Eileen for the correct name for my snowball bush!

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