Summer is in full force here in the sunny South, with the heat and humidity both turned up to 11. We are still a month or so away from the “dog days” of summer, those dry, brown, heat-baked days when the only sound is the […]

Here are a few photos of the latest blooms in the rose garden. I want to also say that all of these roses smell deliciously rosy! The Alnwick Rose (English rose) Kathleen Harrop (antique Bourbon rose) Alfred Colomb (hybrid perpetual) Olivia Rose Austin (English rose) […]

Dogwood Winter is over and the weather has warmed up wonderfully. The warm weather has brought the very first blossoms in my new rose garden. Here is Kathleen Harrop. The photo does not do justice to the beautiful true pink color of her blossoms. And […]

It’s time for yet another installment of Building a Rose Garden! {cheers, applause} Wednesday was the most gorgeous day I have seen in a long time. It was warm, but not too warm, and breezy, with expansive blue skies dotted by white puffy clouds, like […]

The rose garden to the right of the walkway is complete and ready for planting! On the first day of my vacation, I finished the edger on this side of the garden and planted my bare-root roses from David Austin. Actually, I replanted them. I […]

After an entire weekend of steady work in uncertain weather, my new garden bed is ready for planting. The wall itself is not complete, but the sloped area is now level enough that I can proceed with planting. We filled the bed with a mix […]