Tuesday, May 31, 2022

First Rose Garden color

Just beginning to open

John dropped me off this morning at the Cornwall Rose Garden, where I hoped I would see the first roses opening up. And sure enough, although this single rosebud is the only spot of color in the entire garden, other than the varied greens and reds of the new leaves on the plants, there are plenty of buds everywhere. By the time we get through the upcoming week, we might see temperatures reaching into the seventies (21°C) if we are lucky. So far this year, we've been experiencing below-normal temperatures, but hopefully that will change. Tomorrow is the first day of June!

Even though the roses have a ways to go, there are numerous flowering plants all over town. Of course, our state flower, the rhododendron, is opening extensively, and has been for a few weeks already. 

Rhodies

Even though our tulips have come and gone, iris are also flowering everywhere: purple (of course) and white ones mostly. I remember yellow iris in Colorado, but I haven't seen much around here. The pretty California poppies are up, too. It's a very colorful time of the year, but I am really looking forward to some rosy days ahead!

:-)

13 comments:

  1. It is June the first here. Our first day of winter. With temperatures to match. As I type we are hovering around 35F, and are not expected to get much higher today.
    Thank you for these beautiful splashes of colour.

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  2. The blooms are beginning here too. Too early for roses here though. The Rhodies must be gorgeous to walk around!.

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  3. So far I've been busy inside today, PT exercises, Zoom, dentist, bill paying, but I hope to get outside soon I'm excited for some warm weather.

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  4. Lovely to see the blossoms!!

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  5. Sounds like lots of color is on the horizon for your lovely area. Even with out color, you have such a beautiful state.

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  6. I had a yellow iris at one time but somehow Iost it.

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  7. I don’t have irises, but I wonder if they are blooming hereabouts and where. We’re in for quite a bit of rain for a few days.

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  8. It's a beautiful garden! Gigi-Hawaii

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  9. Your climate is better suited for roses than ours here in Tennessee. Today it will be 92 F. I used to have a rose garden in GA – old garden roses, tea, floribundas, etc – about 120 bushes. It was a lot of work but so nice to have cut flowers inside. I miss them and wonder if I should try miniature roses on my back porch next yea

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  10. Not much change in my garden here in Hawaii. Rather boring to always have green and sun, but then again, I like it.

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  11. Fun to see the first rose! There will be more!

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  12. I love the rhododendrons in your area but I always have a hard time spelling it.

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