| Festival of Roses ~ Grand Finale ~ A Dozen Roses | | 2007-10-11 12:42:02 | | ‘Show Biz’ a Floribunda rose that has been blooming all summer on short and stout plants (2 feet tall). All-America Rose Selection in 1985.
Festival of Roses ~ Grand Finale ~ A Dozen Roses
Day Twelve of the Digital Flower Pictures.com Rose Festival
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I would like to thank everybody who visited this site during the Rose Festival. Thanks for... | | By: Digital Flower Pictures.com | | |
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| Festival of Roses ~ Day Eleven ~ ABC Wednesday | | 2007-10-10 12:23:24 | | Hybrid Tea Rose 'Legend'
Festival of Roses ~ Day Eleven ~ ABC Wednesday
2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues
Happy ABC Wednesday to all.
Today’s featured rose is the Hybrid Tea, Legend. It was bred by William Warriner, who I think, has become my favorite rose breeder. Jackson and Perkins and Mr. Warriner are quite a team. ‘Legend’ is a beautiful rose that seemed to me... | | By: Digital Flower Pictures.com | | |
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| Festival of Roses ~ Day Ten ~ Close ups | | 2007-10-09 11:57:12 | | Festival of Roses ~ Day Ten ~ Close ups
2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues
If you are here for Wordless Wednesday's Tuesday edition scroll down to the next post.
I thought I would have a day where I posted some of the close up I have (tried) to take recently. I don’t have as much time as I would like to explain about the roses today. I have been practicing a lot... | | By: Digital Flower Pictures.com | | |
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| Festival of Roses ~ Day Nine ~ Shrub Roses | | 2007-10-08 12:22:34 | | 'Quietness' a Modern Shrub rose developed by Dr. Griffith J. Buck
Festival of Roses ~ Day Nine ~ Shrub Roses
2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues
I have shied away from posting a lot of shrub roses because I really don’t deal with them that often. I like them but I guess the one-time bloom thing has probably turned me off a bit. Maybe I should think of them as... | | By: Digital Flower Pictures.com | | |
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| Festival of Roses ~ Day Eight | | 2007-10-07 14:45:33 | | Festival of Roses ~ Day Eight
2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues
I guess I got my days messed up as I had two Day Sixes. My trip to Long Island was enjoyable and I even bought a few roses. The perennial nursery is starting to sell shrub roses so I picked up three ‘Bonica’. One Fairy Queen (which is a red) and a couple of ‘Seafoam’. I am going to plant them in the... | | By: Digital Flower Pictures.com | | |
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| Festival of Roses ~ Day Six ~ Floribunda Roses | | 2007-10-06 11:56:16 | | Floribunda Rose 'Sheila's Perfume'
Festival of Roses ~ Day Six ~ Floribunda Roses
2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues
Happy Saturday everyone. I am working but I am happy to be doing it. I am going out to Long Island to buy a load of perennials for some borders I have been renovating at the Estate. I am going on the Bridgeport to Port Jefferson Ferry and then driving... | | By: Digital Flower Pictures.com | | |
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| 2007 Festival of Roses ~ Grand Opening | | 2007-10-01 11:34:57 | | 2008 All-American Rose Selection Grandiflora rose 'Dream Come True' 2007 Festival of Roses ~ Grand OpeningDigital Flower Pictures.comTo officially kick off our Festival of Roses I have decided to feature the two All-American Rose Selections for 2008. I am sure it appears I am fascinated with the AARS winners and with my project to photograph all the winners since 1938 maybe I am. These two winners of the Class of 2008 represent a trend in rose growing to the almost over the top color blends. In the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden there is an area where they plant the AARS winners for the following year and I was looking for the 2008 winners and found ‘Dream Come True’ and 'Mardi Gras’. I kept my eyes open for more winners but later found out only two roses were selected. So I got both of them.‘Dream Come True’ is a nice blend of yellow and red. It was hybridized by Dr. John Pottschmidt of Cinncinati, Ohio and introduced by Weeks Roses. Dr. Pottschmidt is only the third amateur rose breeder to win the AARS award. It is an eye-catching rose and I like the layers that the flower has. It seemed to grow on a fairly compact bush and the group had a lot of flowers.Photo showing the complex color blending on 'Dream Come True'Some specifics on ‘Dream Come True’:Type: GrandifloraPetal Count: 26-40Parentage: Touch of Class x Unknown SeedlingFragrance: MildSynonyms: WekdocpotThe other AARS winner I photographed on Saturday was ‘Mardi Gras’. Again the plot of this rose was thriving and producing a lot of flowers. They seem a bit more variable than than ‘Dream Come True’. It has a beautiful blend of colors and also grows on compact plants.Floribunda rose 'Mardi Gras'Type: FloribundaPetal Count: 17-35Parentage: Arofres × Singin' in the RainFragrance: MildSynonyms: JacfrainBreeder: Dr. Keith Zary, United StatesIntroduction: Jackson and Perkins'Mardi Gras' reaches 3 feet in height making it good for planting in mixed perennial borders.The following information is from the AARS website, www.rose.org“AARS operates the world’s most rigorous plant trial program via a network of more than 20 official test gardens throughout the country and representing all climate zones. This sophisticated evaluation process results in a new crop of AARS winning roses each year, guaranteeing that only the best make it into your garden. AARS strives to identify roses that are easy to grow, and evaluates plants on more than 15 qualities, including disease resistance, vigor and fragrance.”The 15 qualities of evaluation are:1. Vigor2. Fragrance3. Disease resistance4. Foliage5. Flower production6. Growth habit7. Bud and flower form8. Opening and finishing color9. Stem10. Overall valueThe roses receive the care that they would normally get in a home garden.“AARS is a nonprofit association of rose growers and introducers dedicated to bringing exceptional, easy-to-grow roses to gardeners across the county. AARS operates the world’s most rigorous plant trial program via a network of more than 20 official test gardens throughout the country and representing all climate zones.”... | | By: Digital Flower Pictures.com | | |
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| Festival of Roses | | 2007-09-30 03:35:44 | | Hybrid Tea Rose 'Folklore'Digital Flower Pictures.com's 2007 Festival of RosesToday I went to the Bronx and visited the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden. The garden was so loaded with flowers as I walked down the stairs I thought it looked like a Rose Festival. That is when the idea came to me to have a Rose Festival on this blog. For the next seven days each post will feature one to several roses.Since my friend Ki at plants and rocks.blog is pretty much posting all the flowers that bloom now in the North Temperate Zone from his great garden I figured it was a good time to just concentrate on roses. I got a lot of good pictures in New York even though I was battling bright sun and a 20 mile per hour gusty wind and I still have some pictures from the Rose Gardens I am tending and the FDR and Vanderbilt gardens, so that should be enough pictures to cover it. Some of the flowers may have already been covered by this blog, however, these will be all new photos taken within the last two weeks.So without further fanfare or fanfaronade here is a sneak peak at the Official Digital Flower Pictures.com 2007 Festival of Roses.This is this rose that I went to photograph. The last time I was at the NYBG this rose really captivated me. Unfortunately the pictures I took of ‘Folklore’ didn’t come out very well. That made it the first on my list this time. My heart sank a little when I first looked at the patch of ‘Folklore’ and then I saw this flower kind of inside the taller growth and spent blooms. I wish I had used a tiny bit more Depth of Field but this is what I came up with. I am a sucker for roses of this color.I did manage to find this single flower of ‘Folklore’ on the edge of all the plants. I like the compact shape of the flower even after it opens. It really is a classic rose in all respects, shape, smell, color and size. This rose seems to get very tall, up to 8 feet, so plant it in the rear of the garden.Here are some quick facts on Folklore:Type: Hybrid TeaPetal Count: 50Fragrance: Yes, StrongParentage: Fragrant Cloud x SeedlingOrigin: Germany/W. Kordes & SonsColor: Orange/Orange BlendSynonyms: KORlore, Selbar 01105ARS Rating; 8.5More info on the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden here:click here... | | By: Digital Flower Pictures.com | | |
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