The Roses are Here, The Roses are Here

My pink fairy roses are starting to bloom.

There are masses of them.

My pink climbing roses are also in bloom.

It smells heavenly here.

They are growing up the arbor.

The pink fairy rose bush in the back yard.

There are several birdhouses in there, though you can barely see them. 

It looks amazing with all that pink.

This is the first blooming.

They will bloom for several weeks, then grow all summer and bloom again late August/September.

White climbing roses by the side entrance to the garage.

This is where I want to put the small over door arbor.

By the end of summer I will surely need it.

The roses on the path to the fire pit are in full bloom.

Some have lost their petals and they looks so pretty on the ground.

Today, I plant 4 more rose bushes.

The sun is out and I can move dirt to where I need it. 

This is my project for the week.

Put in dirt and plants and a new walkway.

I have exciting news.

We have passed the electrical, plumbing and rough inspection.

It is time for insulation!

We have saved, worked and waited for this for 4 years.

Lots of work ahead, but we can't wait to get started.

I hope you are having a wonderful summer and thanks for stopping by.

I am partying with Tracie from Fishtail Cottage for a Cottage Garden Party.

First Roses of the Season

This is going to be the year of the roses here at Arbor House Lane.

This is the path from the driveway into the firepit area.

These bushes are just full of lovely pink fragrant roses.

I wish I had written the name down in a book, because they are so hardy and they have few thorns.

High winds and lots of rain have caused them to loose lots of petals.

I love how they look all over the garden bed.

I have a pair of iron gate ends on each side of the path.

Peonies, roses and foxglove.

A lovely combination.

Wild white roses almost completely cover the arbor at the side of the house.

Almost like a secrete garden.  

Soon this arbor will be covered in huge pink roses.

Wild white roses on the front arbor. 

During this week the arbor will be covered in tiny white roses.

Arbor view from the front door.

This is a mass of little pink fairy roses.

Next week it should be full of small pink roses.

These are my favorite rose bushes.

They require little maintenance and they can grow to be huge if you let them.

I can't wait to cut some and bring them in the house.

The arbor as it looks from the road.

This climbing rose in the corner to the garage door.

We will be building a small over the door arbor to let the roses continue to grow up.

Like the one below.

Image here.

These would be simple to make in a weekend.

Oh, honey, whatchadoin?

Garden Stroll

Come and join me.

Let's take a stroll through my gardens.

CAUTION!
TONS OF FLOWER PICTURES TO FOLLOW.

I have to put on my rain boots.

The sky is watering my plants today.

THANK YOU!

Follow mittens, he knows the best way to all the paths.

He is my gardening companion while I work in the gardens.

This is what my gardens look like as you drive in our driveway. 

The trees on the left are the only trees on our main property when we built our home 14 years ago.

In fact, they are the reason for the curve in our driveway.

I wanted the driveway to be different, not straight on.

I love how the color of the house stands out against all of the green.

The Thunder Cloud Plum trees were a mass of pink flowers earlier in spring.

Now they are a majestic mass of deep purple leaves.

Flowers you see as you drive up the driveway.





I added some more of Mr. M.'s favorite.
Foxgloves.

Another seat and a new white rose.

I am hoping that my new white rose will get enough sunlight by the garage entrance.

I have grand hopes that it will one day grow enough to trellis over the side door.

I try to have a seat or two to stop and enjoy the view.

These little roses are of my favorite shrub rose.

Soon the bush will grace us with a plethora of tiny pink roses.

This path will leads you from the garage entrance towards the front door.

I WILL TELL YOU NOW, BEWARE OF THE BITING BUSHES!

Of all my roses, these are my favorite.

Even in the final stages they are just beautiful.

My children know, you do NOT run through my paths.

They are made for a slow stroll to enjoy the smells and sights of flowers.

AND

I do not prune my roses until the blooms have come and gone.

Flowers along the path.

Opposite view.

My fireman has to have his hydrant.

I also try to have a bird house in each of my gardens.

I don't think there are any vacancies either.

It is hard to show you how colorful the garden really is.
I am working on my photography.

Look at all the buds.

HAPPY DANCE!

This path is now going to take you to the front arbor

LOVE'EM

This is what I look at when I look out my front door.

Arbor House Lane.

This is the walkway that leads to our front door.

It is in the stages of changing from little white roses to pink ones large and small.

As you can see from this picture.

The roses are in need of a trimming.

The path is now taking us around the other side to the arbor that leads to the side brick patio.

White Peonies and a white shrub rose bush.

Mittens is waiting for you.

Baby's Breath.

This is the other side of the path.

The smaller Arbor.

White flowers in the garden.

We are almost to the brick patio.

Another birdhouse in the garden.

This patio is my father's favorite spot to sit.
You can watch the butterflies and birds flying around.
If you are really quiet you may get a glimpse of a Hummingbird in the cat mint.

The only red I have in my gardens are roses.

NOT ON PURPOSE.

I found out that many hybrid roses are grafted.

Onto red rose root bases.

So, when the top rose died off, the red rose grew up from the roots.

Yeah, I have many red rose bushes now.

I have learned, now I only buy roses that can live in my area, no more red roses.

This path leads to the back yard and the deck.

The deck.

The large tree to the left is a French Lilac.
It blooms later in Spring and smells amazing.

This path is in my rose garden.

 More biting bushes.
Did you notice the pots on the left.
Yeah, I still have a few left to plant.

Clematis growing up a birdhouse in the garden between the deck and brick patio.

This is the second brick patio.

This rose bush is kind of odd. 

Only some of the original rose died, so some of the roses are red and some are pink.

This is the path I showed in an earlier post, it leads to the fire pit.

Love, love, love my peonies.

Yep, a lot of red roses.

My new chair in the garden.

Thank you for stopping by to see more of my gardens.
As you can see, I kind of really like to garden.
Now that it is the weekend, I can't wait to go and cut some flowers to bring in the house.

I am joining Jennifer Rizzo's Garden tour.

Have a wonderful weekend.