Shellymäk
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I post mostly blooms to balance out the dooms.
Artist, paper crafter, 🌈Ally, girl mom, Happy wife, 🌎amateur gardener, anthophile 🌹, #BloomScroller, #gardening, 🦓 spoonie, animal lover, 🦋consumer of news...
Artist, paper crafter, 🌈Ally, girl mom, Happy wife, 🌎amateur gardener, anthophile 🌹, #BloomScroller, #gardening, 🦓 spoonie, animal lover, 🦋consumer of news...
Bathsheba
Apricot-yellow buds open to shallowly cupped, many petalled rosettes. They are a beautiful blend of subtle apricot-pink and soft yellow, giving the overall impression of apricot, with creamy outer petals. There is a superb floral myrrh fragrance, with hints of honey and Tea. By H. Goosen
Apricot-yellow buds open to shallowly cupped, many petalled rosettes. They are a beautiful blend of subtle apricot-pink and soft yellow, giving the overall impression of apricot, with creamy outer petals. There is a superb floral myrrh fragrance, with hints of honey and Tea. By H. Goosen
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Bathsheba
Apricot-yellow buds open to shallowly cupped, many petalled rosettes. They are a beautiful blend of subtle apricot-pink and soft yellow, giving the overall impression of apricot, with creamy outer petals. There is a superb floral myrrh fragrance, with hints of honey and Tea. By H. Goosen
Apricot-yellow buds open to shallowly cupped, many petalled rosettes. They are a beautiful blend of subtle apricot-pink and soft yellow, giving the overall impression of apricot, with creamy outer petals. There is a superb floral myrrh fragrance, with hints of honey and Tea. By H. Goosen
The Alnwick Rose is a David Austin English shrub rose known for its soft pink, cup-shaped blooms that have a rich old rose fragrance with a hint of raspberry. It's a repeat-flowering, disease-resistant shrub that typically reaches 3-4 feet tall.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Alnwick Rose is a David Austin English shrub rose known for its soft pink, cup-shaped blooms that have a rich old rose fragrance with a hint of raspberry. It's a repeat-flowering, disease-resistant shrub that typically reaches 3-4 feet tall.
Jacqueline du Pré™ is a Harkness Shrub rose named for a concert cellist who died very young. Her clusters of charming, semi-double, milk-white 3” blooms have 15+ petals that open to show their rich wine-colored center. Jacqueline du Pré™ is blessed with wonderful musk perfume. By A. Szafran
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Jacqueline du Pré™ is a Harkness Shrub rose named for a concert cellist who died very young. Her clusters of charming, semi-double, milk-white 3” blooms have 15+ petals that open to show their rich wine-colored center. Jacqueline du Pré™ is blessed with wonderful musk perfume. By A. Szafran
This historic rose was imported from France for the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905, Mme Caroline Testout is a free-blooming Climbing sport of the Hybrid Tea of the same name. She produces large, medium pink, high-centered roses and will bloom in flushes throughout the season. Heirloom roses.
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This historic rose was imported from France for the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905, Mme Caroline Testout is a free-blooming Climbing sport of the Hybrid Tea of the same name. She produces large, medium pink, high-centered roses and will bloom in flushes throughout the season. Heirloom roses.
Poseidon™ is a breathtaking lavender-blue bloom. She dazzles with generous clusters of large, very full rosette-shaped flowers—each petal layered like fine silk. The blooms emerge in soft lavender hues that deepen to a refined mauve as they mature, creating a dreamy palette of cool elegance.
November 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Poseidon™ is a breathtaking lavender-blue bloom. She dazzles with generous clusters of large, very full rosette-shaped flowers—each petal layered like fine silk. The blooms emerge in soft lavender hues that deepen to a refined mauve as they mature, creating a dreamy palette of cool elegance.
The Alexandra Rose is a shrub rose (Rosa 'Ausday') known for its single, coppery-pink flowers with a yellow center that bloom from late spring to autumn. It is a repeat-flowering variety with a light, musky fragrance and attractive, disease-resistant foliage. By Meike Claussen
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Alexandra Rose is a shrub rose (Rosa 'Ausday') known for its single, coppery-pink flowers with a yellow center that bloom from late spring to autumn. It is a repeat-flowering variety with a light, musky fragrance and attractive, disease-resistant foliage. By Meike Claussen
The Just Joey is a stunning English-style Hybrid Tea originally bred by Roger Pawsey and introduced in 1972, Roses USA. Richly scented and beautifully cupped, its large, ruffled blooms unfold in a soft apricot-orange hue with coppery undertones—perfect for adding elegance to garden beds or bouquets.
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The Just Joey is a stunning English-style Hybrid Tea originally bred by Roger Pawsey and introduced in 1972, Roses USA. Richly scented and beautifully cupped, its large, ruffled blooms unfold in a soft apricot-orange hue with coppery undertones—perfect for adding elegance to garden beds or bouquets.
Fragrant Cloud is a bloomer with large, double, well-formed, coral-orange blooms averaging 5-6” in diameter. Her most noticeable gifting is her heady, luxuriant perfume that she passes on to nearly all of her offspring. Bring just a few blooms inside and fill the room with a heavenly scent for days
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Fragrant Cloud is a bloomer with large, double, well-formed, coral-orange blooms averaging 5-6” in diameter. Her most noticeable gifting is her heady, luxuriant perfume that she passes on to nearly all of her offspring. Bring just a few blooms inside and fill the room with a heavenly scent for days
The Brigadoon rose is a hybrid tea rose with deep coral-pink blooms that are paler on the reverse, often described as a bright red-blend with a rosy-pink color. It features a high-centered, fully double flower form with 25-40 petals and a light, spicy fragrance.
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The Brigadoon rose is a hybrid tea rose with deep coral-pink blooms that are paler on the reverse, often described as a bright red-blend with a rosy-pink color. It features a high-centered, fully double flower form with 25-40 petals and a light, spicy fragrance.
Amnesia roses are a variety of rose known for their unique, dusty lavender color with antique undertones. They are a popular choice for weddings and events due to their romantic, vintage feel and ability to be paired with a wide range of colors, especially whites, ivories, and deeper purples.
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Amnesia roses are a variety of rose known for their unique, dusty lavender color with antique undertones. They are a popular choice for weddings and events due to their romantic, vintage feel and ability to be paired with a wide range of colors, especially whites, ivories, and deeper purples.
Watching the clouds glide across a bright blue skies through a glass celing.
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Watching the clouds glide across a bright blue skies through a glass celing.
Colombia's national flower is the Cattleya trianae, an orchid with frilly, lavender-pink to white petals that feature magenta accents. Its lip is often a striking combination of yellow, blue, and red, reflecting the colors of the Colombian flag.
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Colombia's national flower is the Cattleya trianae, an orchid with frilly, lavender-pink to white petals that feature magenta accents. Its lip is often a striking combination of yellow, blue, and red, reflecting the colors of the Colombian flag.
The "Francis Dubreuil rose" is a dark red, fragrant tea rose introduced in 1894 by the French rose breeder Francis Dubreuil. It is known for its velvety, multi-petaled blooms and intense, complex fragrance. From the garden of Gill Martinez.
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The "Francis Dubreuil rose" is a dark red, fragrant tea rose introduced in 1894 by the French rose breeder Francis Dubreuil. It is known for its velvety, multi-petaled blooms and intense, complex fragrance. From the garden of Gill Martinez.
Rosa 'Heritage', a David Austin English shrub rose known for its soft pink, cup-shaped blooms, strong myrrh and honey fragrance. Alternatively, "heritage rose" can also mean an old garden rose, a historic type of rose that existed before 1867, characterized by intense fragrance and natural growth.
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Rosa 'Heritage', a David Austin English shrub rose known for its soft pink, cup-shaped blooms, strong myrrh and honey fragrance. Alternatively, "heritage rose" can also mean an old garden rose, a historic type of rose that existed before 1867, characterized by intense fragrance and natural growth.
Mother of Pearl® is a refined grandiflora rose celebrated for its soft, luminous blooms and garden-worthy toughness. Its flowers open in a delicate shade of pale pink with subtle peach undertones, revealing a perfectly formed, full petal structure.
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Mother of Pearl® is a refined grandiflora rose celebrated for its soft, luminous blooms and garden-worthy toughness. Its flowers open in a delicate shade of pale pink with subtle peach undertones, revealing a perfectly formed, full petal structure.
Rosa 'Veterans' Honor' is a hybrid tea rose known for its large, pure red, high-centered blooms and long stems. It flowers continuously from late spring to late fall and has good disease resistance. The rose has a light, fruity fragrance and is considered a living tribute to military veterans.
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Rosa 'Veterans' Honor' is a hybrid tea rose known for its large, pure red, high-centered blooms and long stems. It flowers continuously from late spring to late fall and has good disease resistance. The rose has a light, fruity fragrance and is considered a living tribute to military veterans.
Martha Stewart™ is an elegant hybrid tea rose bred by Meilland International (France) and introduced in North America by Star® Roses and Plants. The blooms are luxurious and deeply petaled — over 100 petals per flower — in soft ballet-pink tones. More description in the Alt text.
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Martha Stewart™ is an elegant hybrid tea rose bred by Meilland International (France) and introduced in North America by Star® Roses and Plants. The blooms are luxurious and deeply petaled — over 100 petals per flower — in soft ballet-pink tones. More description in the Alt text.
Beautiful Day® is sure to give you a beautiful day with her delicious apricot blossoms that reach 5-6” in width with 35+ petals each. This Hybrid Tea rose has an intense fruity fragrance, perfect for planting along the house so you can smell her through the kitchen window. Giving U2 vibes!
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Beautiful Day® is sure to give you a beautiful day with her delicious apricot blossoms that reach 5-6” in width with 35+ petals each. This Hybrid Tea rose has an intense fruity fragrance, perfect for planting along the house so you can smell her through the kitchen window. Giving U2 vibes!
Nachuru Test
was bred by Japanese breeder Kiyoshi Imai. It’s a cut-flower variety with the characteristic of producing multiple blooms per stem. The flower color is a deep tea tone mixed with dark purple, and under sunlight, it reveals a reddish hue. The petals are uniquely serrated and scented.
was bred by Japanese breeder Kiyoshi Imai. It’s a cut-flower variety with the characteristic of producing multiple blooms per stem. The flower color is a deep tea tone mixed with dark purple, and under sunlight, it reveals a reddish hue. The petals are uniquely serrated and scented.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Nachuru Test
was bred by Japanese breeder Kiyoshi Imai. It’s a cut-flower variety with the characteristic of producing multiple blooms per stem. The flower color is a deep tea tone mixed with dark purple, and under sunlight, it reveals a reddish hue. The petals are uniquely serrated and scented.
was bred by Japanese breeder Kiyoshi Imai. It’s a cut-flower variety with the characteristic of producing multiple blooms per stem. The flower color is a deep tea tone mixed with dark purple, and under sunlight, it reveals a reddish hue. The petals are uniquely serrated and scented.
Ozark Rebounder' (Barbara Nicodemus, R. 2002). Midseason bloom and re-bloom. Standards and style arms deep black purple; falls deeper velvety black purple, slight lighter area with deep purple striations around beard; beards deep purple, hairs with slight bronze cast on end; ruffled. '
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Ozark Rebounder' (Barbara Nicodemus, R. 2002). Midseason bloom and re-bloom. Standards and style arms deep black purple; falls deeper velvety black purple, slight lighter area with deep purple striations around beard; beards deep purple, hairs with slight bronze cast on end; ruffled. '
In the northern hemisphere snow begins to kiss our roses goodnight for the winter.
Miyabi pictured here by gardener Heather Herron. Miyabi description is in the Alt text. I know grower Grace Rose Farm ships the cut flower within the USA and they last almost 2 weeks.
Miyabi pictured here by gardener Heather Herron. Miyabi description is in the Alt text. I know grower Grace Rose Farm ships the cut flower within the USA and they last almost 2 weeks.
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In the northern hemisphere snow begins to kiss our roses goodnight for the winter.
Miyabi pictured here by gardener Heather Herron. Miyabi description is in the Alt text. I know grower Grace Rose Farm ships the cut flower within the USA and they last almost 2 weeks.
Miyabi pictured here by gardener Heather Herron. Miyabi description is in the Alt text. I know grower Grace Rose Farm ships the cut flower within the USA and they last almost 2 weeks.
Athena® rose is a hybrid tea with playful colouring. The tear drop-shaped buds of the variety have a red tip and open to reveal creamy-yellow blooms with cerise pink edging. These flowers are open-cupped, large and very full. The cerise edging intensifies with the exposure of sunlight.
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Athena® rose is a hybrid tea with playful colouring. The tear drop-shaped buds of the variety have a red tip and open to reveal creamy-yellow blooms with cerise pink edging. These flowers are open-cupped, large and very full. The cerise edging intensifies with the exposure of sunlight.
Poppies have long been used as a symbol of sleep, peace, and death: Sleep because the opium extracted from them is a sedative, and death because of the common blood-red colour of the red poppy in particular. Lest we not forget the sacrifice of our soldiers and their families.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Poppies have long been used as a symbol of sleep, peace, and death: Sleep because the opium extracted from them is a sedative, and death because of the common blood-red colour of the red poppy in particular. Lest we not forget the sacrifice of our soldiers and their families.
"In Flanders Fields" written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in 1915, which noted that poppies flourished in the battle-scarred fields of World War I. The flower is worn on Remembrance Day (November 11) in the UK and Commonwealth countries to honor the sacrifices of military personnel.
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM
"In Flanders Fields" written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in 1915, which noted that poppies flourished in the battle-scarred fields of World War I. The flower is worn on Remembrance Day (November 11) in the UK and Commonwealth countries to honor the sacrifices of military personnel.
Hot Chocolate - such an underrated rose : Roses
The Hot Cocoa rose is a floribunda rose known for its unique, smoky color that blends chocolate, orange, and russet tones, often shifting with temperature. It features medium to large, ruffled, high-centered blooms and with a medium fruity fragrance.
The Hot Cocoa rose is a floribunda rose known for its unique, smoky color that blends chocolate, orange, and russet tones, often shifting with temperature. It features medium to large, ruffled, high-centered blooms and with a medium fruity fragrance.
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Hot Chocolate - such an underrated rose : Roses
The Hot Cocoa rose is a floribunda rose known for its unique, smoky color that blends chocolate, orange, and russet tones, often shifting with temperature. It features medium to large, ruffled, high-centered blooms and with a medium fruity fragrance.
The Hot Cocoa rose is a floribunda rose known for its unique, smoky color that blends chocolate, orange, and russet tones, often shifting with temperature. It features medium to large, ruffled, high-centered blooms and with a medium fruity fragrance.