Garden Gems 2012 #4

Thanks, Victor, Jo, Jen, Pixie, & Allison for the photos.....some very lovely blooms out there....Pixie, your photos are quintessentially Maine to me....I know others think ocean, but I love the fields of Maine best.....

Thanks, all.

Beautiful, Celeste - I'll take it! ^_^

all but the winter!!!

Happy Fourth of July folks!

Roses appropriately named for today's holiday:
Fourth of July, America, and Spirit of Freedom

...and if you're having a bbq. here's some Mustard and Ketchup.

Allison The Bears breech is a perennial.Its DD's she brought from her old house 5 years ago. It took 3 years to really look good.

Wonderful roses, Tex, & so appropriate....I have Fourth of July, but it's not in bloom today! But here's a painting I did of it.....

Cool painting! You got talent, Robin! The photos were from last month. I do have blooms currently on the Fourth of July. some sprays on a couple branches. I just summer pruned all my roses. So hoping for a second flush.
Currently I got lilies, dahlias, coneflowers, some clematis blooming at the moment. will post photos when I get the chance.

If you want to see my rose garden - close to 100 varieties in full bloom, I posted it in the rose fourm:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1264641/

And I'm not even done posting all varieties.

I love mustard!!.. thank you JoAnn.. just planted it last year in hopes it would return.. the one I planted is borderline hardy here .. lovely painting RD!!!

Everyone's blooms are soooooo lovely!

Great property Celeste, can't wait to see it in person

Pretty painting Robin

Welcome back Tex, just one word WOW!!!!!

great pic's all!

When is that RU celeste? might have to bring a tent:)

Marilyn what a wonderful painting.Nice treatment of those petals.

Thanks all....the rose was hard to paint because it's a 'stiff' rose....not much bend to its petals......Tex, I can't believe that rose collection.....I just couldn't choose a favorite.....all are gorgeous, and to see the color changes is wonderful!

Beautiful stuff, everyone! Marilyn, I love the painting of the Fourth Of July rose. I'm just loving my new ones.

Tex, what an amazing display of roses you have at your place. Thanks for sharing. Will have to go through and really look at all your pics when I have more time. I just got 2 Fourth of July roses last month for a new (used, new to me, got it for $40) arbor. I love them! I also bought a Judy Garland rose. Still deciding where to plant that one.

Karen

Lovely rose's Tex! Welcome back!!!!!!!! Love the mustard rose the best and of course I already have the 4th of July one too. :)

Marilyn I love the painting!
Tex your roses are beautiful, must be wonderful to see in person!

Thanks Karen & Ronnie....I did that one last year....this year I finished a white rose, and am working on a trio of different roses now....

Oh, I would love to see the painting of the white rose, Marilyn!

Here are some pics from my gardens from the past week.

Siloam June Bug
NOID near white
'nother NOID
Eenie Weenie
Monarda 'Marhsall's Delight'

Karen

Country Pride
Two shots of annual baskets.
Bela Lugosi
Bejeweled

Two shots of Whikerbill
Sublime Enchantment
Siloam Rainbow Magic
Double Old Ivory

Wow great ones!!!

Whites are hard to do.Cant wait to see it.

Forget the name of this rose at the moment. It's a shrub rose.
Another of my Mom's seedlings which I've named Cranview Pocahontas
A NOID that I call 'Dexter's Dark Passenger'
Two shots of King Size

Thanks Allison!

3 shots of Mom's Yellow Pinwheel
Handsome Ross Carter
Campanula 'Pink Octopus'

3 shots of another of my Mom's seedlings, Cranview Tangerine Ruffles. It has so many blooms open on this day. This is about 5 separate clumps. I divided a big clump of it a few years ago.
Etched Eyes with Shasta daisy
Nagasaki

Lavender Rainbow
One of my planters.
prickly pear
Seattle Slew
Dark Star

Wild One
Aga Khan (red) and Starman's Quest
Lighter Than Air
Alexandra
Fuchsia Four

just keep singing :::they call me mellow yellow!!!:::

I don't get it....

lots of yellow flowers

:)

Oh...LOL! Guess you're right. I need to post some that aren't yellow.

Karen

I've always loved your Mom's Tangerine Ruffles.....it forms such wonderful, bright clumps...well, here's the white (actually blush) rose from my garden, have no idea what it is....and the next photo is what I'm working on today... There is a white rose in that trio....when I finish it, I'm starting a painting of my Chocolate Canary lily......

Just beautiful Marilyn.

Oh Marilyn they are beautiful!!

I agree! Those are just awesome!!

fantastic.

Beauties, Karen! We need a DL throwdown between you and Celeste! ^_^

Gorgeous paintings, Marilyn.

Some from today. Yellow Jacket shaking his booty in the first one, new Coppertina foliage, V dentatum berries, two DF shots.

Last for now.

Gorgeous Karen, I didn't even see those earlier!!!
Lovely as always Victor. :)

Thanks, all....my teacher was pleased with them....Victor, those photos of the dragonflies are winners!