Some years ago, before this whole flower farming thing happened, I had a sweet little cutting garden. It had been a big veggie patch the season before but once I discovered the lure of flowers I dug out the entire plot and replaced the food with blooms.
At the time it seemed enormous, 60x60ft. and it was all I could do to keep it weeded, watered and the flowers deadheaded. There were a few little rows of Sweet Peas, a couple dozen Peonies, lots of misc. perennials and a few shrubs. Along the outside edge I constructed a wonderfully wild fence out of Chestnut branches and decorated it with 30 different antique and English Rose bushes
While nowhere near as many Rose bushes as I hope to someday posses, this hearty collection certainly rocks the month of June!
The heady scent of a Damask or Bourbon bloom transports me to another dimension…
The fuzzy green buds (pictured below) of the antique Moss Roses are beyond words.
Lois Prouting on
YES I USED TO HAVE 700 OLD HERITAGE ROSES AND KNOW THE ROSES FAMILIES WELL AND YOUR PHOTOS ARE A TEMPTATION AND AN INSPIRATION!! THANK YOU. .IF ONLY PEOPLE WOULD NOT SPRAY THEM WITH SUCH HORRID,CARCINOGENIC CHEMICALS ,TOXIC TO POLLINATOR AND HUMAN ALIKE.I NEVER SPRAYED MINE ONCE IN 36 YEARS.AND STILL DO NOT. AND THEY ARE STILL FLOWERING EVEN WITH NEGLECT BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT