On the eve of the festive season I thought I would share with you the last handful of garden roses that I rescued from my wet and windy garden yesterday.
I thought that all my roses were finished, but noticed a flash of pink in amongst some overgrown perennials whilst I was walking around with the dogs – when I moved them aside I found these beautiful flowers.
Not only are they stunning to look at, they have that delicious intoxicating old rose scent.
I particularly loved this faded flower – it feels just right for the season.
I am still not quite up to crawling in the undergrowth, so the name of this rose will remain hidden until I clear this border – I know she is a David Austin rose as I remember purchasing and planting her – I will try to remember to post her identity in a future Monday post when I can get to the label.
That is the last of my 2015 roses – whilst there is a hint of sadness in that phrase I have also noticed that many of my hellebores are now in bud, so I am starting to feel a mounting sense of excitement to welcome my winter beauties. I have given up trying to identify a favourite season or flower – the truth is that I love every season and the flowers that go with them. No sooner have I bade a fond farewell to one season than I am jumping with excitement at the first signs of the next. So with December arriving tomorrow with all the festive floral fun to indulge in and some real signs of my winter garden blooming in January, I am one happy flowery blogger!!
On which note, I apologise for not having returned to my usual blogging schedule – however hard I try to catch up, I seem to be constantly chasing my tail at the moment. As I am writing this post curtains are still being hung in the newly decorated room and the piles of possessions that have been moved out for the decorating are cluttering every surface elsewhere in the house – not a great start to my festive decorating plans, but I am sure it will all come together before Christmas.
That is all for tonight except to thank Cathy from Rambling In The Garden for hosting this inspiring meme, which really makes all we weekly participants appreciate everything our gardens have to offer us. I hope you will pop over to her blog to have a look at what she and the others have found to share this week!
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More roses! I love that faded one too – you don’t often see them fade as beautifully as this. I know what you mean about celebrating every season in the garden – I feel the same way and am certainly excited about the challenge of seeking out the more limited material for vases over the next few months. Hope you are feeling better in yourself and able to get around more easily – do take care. We won’t forget about you even if you aren’t blogging 😉
Your roses are a lovely close to this season even as you look ahead to the next. Sounds like you’re juggling a lot of activities. Take care. (Will have to check my hellebores.)
The beauty of fading roses in late autumn is unique. Great photos, Julie!
There’s a bit of sadness that goes with a faded rose. But I like to think of the memories…and the anticipation for next year.
Only you could add a faded Rose to a case and make it look this good. Beautiful and as you say just right for now. We’ve been decorating too. Oh it was so good yesterday to move all my son’s possessions back into his newly decorated room. It had been three weekends of displaced stuff!
Thank you for rescuing those faded roses and sharing them with us:
“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen
And waste its sweetness on the desert air” – Thomas Gray. 1716–1771
I think the joy of our seasons and therefore gardens is that the seasons are so different providing a wonderful range of seasonal flowers.
Really lovely, and especially that faded rose! I too agree that there is no one season better than another; and the anticipation for each season is a never ending joy! Such a pretty pink, Julie!
I wish I had some garden flowers in winter….I too found a few roses….I love the faded look!
Even in southern California, the land of year-round gardening, I’m hard pressed to find roses at this time of year. It’s so lovely that your garden delivered some beauties so late in the season!
Your pink roses are so pretty and I wish I could smell them! You’re right about the seasons all having something wonderful about them. I just wish our winter wasn’t so long! 🙂
Somehow beautiful and melancholy at the same time Julie. The faded colours make them look quite chic and ‘vintage’! 😉
What treasures! Their value is appreciated so much more when all around them is bare. Are they Gentle Hermione ? Just a thought. Loving the sadness of the faded one.