Monday, June 08, 2009

Red Roses











My older daughter can sure pick roses. I'm not sure what this one's name is, but she picked it because it is red. Last week we had a couple good windstorms, and all the petals are still there. The dates on the pictures are, from top bottom, May 28, May 30, June 8 and June 8. You can see that it rained last night. The blooms are easily 6-7 inches across, and when I cup my hnd over them they do not fit. They are fairly long lasting, the earliest are just now beginning to show a little brown on the petals.
I don't normally cut them to put them in vases inside because I would also bring in things like aphids and earwigs.
Those are right at the bottom of my list, above slugs, but not by very much.

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