Oh My, are the Roses Blooming..With or Without My Help...

I have been gardening for a little over two years now so I am not the voice of experience when I say these things.  But unlike last year...the roses have really taken off, despite the fact I have yet to weed, prune, feed, irrigate, or deadhead.  I ponder if it was the rain, or the cold, or the fact they are more established or what?

In looking at this time last year, perhaps they are on time.  The majority of these roses were from bare root last year.

This is the picture of what the back yard looked like in 2012

This is what it looked like in 2013

And the following pictures is what it looks like now.

The knockouts were by far the first one's to take off.  I never have grown them from bare root.

Bottlebrush...I so terribly need to move these

 Pinata rose that I grew from bare root purchased at Dollar General

 Another Dollar General bare root purchase.  Joseph's Coat.

 Yes the garden needs to be weeded terribly.  The next day I cut the tops off of the mexican heather

 Knockouts were the first to take off

Green Ice

Sunny Knockout

Double Knockout

Peach Drift

William Baffin finally bloomed

 Very pretty flower

 Rock N Roll

Not sure

This was a dollar general bare root that was labeled charisma...I don't think that is what this is.

 Ebb Tide

Whatever this Charisma rose imposter it...it has multiple colors and definitely a climber

Don Juan

More Knockouts

Electron

I belive this is Tiffany

I know this does not look like much but this bush is my prettiest read rose.  It was supposed to be a Promise Rose.  I don't think it is.  It maybe Chrysler Imperial.

I don't know what these rose bushes are.  When mom bought them for me it looked like a tree.  They are definitely ogr I think.

I have well over 100 roses in this back rose garden.  So the garden is just getting started.  It's probably only at 40% blooms

Trimmed up around the back porch

Trimmed down the mexican heather

Removed the weeds

 The garden is starting to look nice as I begin weeding it.  After that pruning feeding, etc...

It rained over 3 inches in a few hours last night.

Roses of the Week.. Black Bacarra and Pinata...(I missed last week)

I missed last week so I'm doubling up.  The first one is Black Bacarra.  I have started posting my newer roses so bear in mind..I don't have a lot of experience with them and they aren't established but faring well.

Black Bacarra is a velvety dark rose.  It does not fade and very similar to the color of Memphis Music.  It's not a huge rose but I would think it would be excellent for boutonnieres.  The rose does seem fairly pest resistant. 

According to the web, it prefers a lot of sun and does not tolerate cold.

Leaves are a normal green but this rose has fared pretty well.  According to the sellers, it isn't disease resistant but has stood up pretty well for me.  

Just a beautiful dark rose.  For more information on Black Bacarra...click HERE.  

The next rose I want to mention is Pinata.  It's a climbing rose.  Some people hate orange roses.  I don't particularly care for the color in and of itself but the rose is beautiful.  It's one of those roses that will change colors.

It is on the corner of the house and eventually I will peg it to the house somehow.

Once I put an irrigation system on it, it took off.  Now, logic dictates it probably does not look good next a red house but it's so distracting, I don't notice a house.  And it's at the back of the house.

 

It make tons of clusters that contrast with each other

I want to get masquerade rose to..It makes multiple colors as well.  Colors you will see are orange, yellow, pink, peach and variations of those.

I really love this rose.  For more information on Pinata, Click HERE

My camera does not do justice to the variety of colors I see.