R is for Roses

R is for Roses!

My husband gives our rose bushes tender, loving care so it was a no brainer to pick R is for Roses for the A to Z Blog Challenge.

 

 

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There are many different kinds of roses, some are grown in bushes like hedges, others are climbing roses.  We have a variety of beautiful roses but my favorite are the knock-out rose bushes.  We live in the south so they start blooming in the early spring and last until almost winter.  The bushes are loaded with beautiful pink shades of small roses.

 

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We also have a rose bush that only grows one rose at a time.  The one rose is absolutely gorgeous and I did a time lapse of it last year, from day one until the petals fell off ten days later.  This rose starts out pinkish/orange when it’s budding but turns into a breathtaking pink when in full bloom.  I took each of the above photos about the same time each day from when it started to show some color.

 

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Since I like to dabble with photo framing and playing with some apps, I was able to put a few different posters together of my time lapse rose.

 

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We have another rose bush with deep red roses, these roses remind me of the long stem roses in a bouquet.   Since I love to take photographs, I usually take many photos at the different growing stages of our roses. I liked the way the buds were facing each other in this photo.   It reminds me of the movie “ET” when he put his finger out to the little boy to phone home.

 

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Some how, a rose bush was growing behind our shed, it was a very small bush that never had flowers.  Carefully hubby transplanted it a few years ago and the top picture is a year after he transplanted it in our yard.  The bottom picture was taken last summer and the bush is doing excellent with beautiful red roses.

 

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We even have a two tone rose bush. This delicate rose is half pink with yellow petals mingled in.  I love the smell of this rose, it smells like raspberry!

 

 

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I hope you have enjoyed stopping by to smell the roses in our garden.  These last two photos are close up of the petals and when I look at them, I can almost smell their wonderful fragrance.    Be sure to check out the A to Z Challenge and if you are already in this challenge, please add your link in the comment section.

 

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Martha DeMeo

I started my blog on Christmas Day 2014 mainly to review products I received. Since then it has evolved into many other categories of lifestyles, family, money saving ideas, low cost, delicious and healthy meals plus other surprise posts. My granddaughter has her own category, Alex's Articles and the latest addition to my blog is my great granddaughter now has her category, Lia's Likings The Baby Blogger! Lia started blogger at 8 months old and she now has a Friday Story Time blog you won't want to miss! I welcome you to join the conversation, ask a question, give a suggestion or leave a comment on any blog post. I hope you enjoy Lia's Likings, she has some great posts that will make you smile!

10 Discussion to this post

  1. My old house had thorny bushes that only began to release their roses 15 years after I moved in…
    But, I always get my fill by visiting the florist and bringing home a bouquet of ochre-tinged ones.

    • Martha says:

      I’ve found that if some of the shoots grow faster than the others and become a lot taller, they get very thorny and don’t have roses. Hubby trims the fast growing ones to bring them down to the size of the others. This makes the entire bush fuller and has many more roses. Thanks for visiting my rose garden.

  2. Your pictures are ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!! I love them. They are breathtaking. How wonderful that you have all that beauty right at home!

    • Martha says:

      Thanks Jeanine, I love going out in the morning while the dew is on them. I always start signing “I Come to the Garden Alone While the Dew is Still on the Roses” and think of my mom and grandma who also sang that song. Such wonderful memories just by looking at our beautiful roses. Thanks for talking a walk through our garden!

  3. Alice Gerard says:

    ? the photographs are spectacular. What beautiful roses. I’m getting ready to prune rose bushes, now that the forsythia has bloomed.

  4. DeeDee says:

    Wow, the bud pictures are my favorite

  5. Alexandra says:

    I love that he replanted those roses right outside that window!

    • Martha says:

      Right in a spot that I can see them from the table or my “couch office”. They are looking so beautiful now. Thanks for stopping by to smell the roses Alexandra 🙂

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