Marion's Miscellaneous Musings

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.