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Ammi majus, cerinthe, David Austin Roses, in a vase on Monday, Nigella hispanica, Rose 'Gertrude Jekyll', Rose Morning Mist, Stipa gigantea
Hello.
As we fast approach midsummer I am finally getting to enjoy my roses. They suffered the indignity of standing about for months in cold water until March. They were then baked in hot weather only to have their new foliage burned by a late frost. No wonder their flowers have taken so long. There were times when I thought I might have lost them all together.
Climbing rose Morning Mist is on a sheltered south facing wall and has been flowering for well over two weeks. I picked some last week to door drop to my friend who was celebrating a birthday.
The terracotta toned pink rose of Morning mist was mixed with Stipa gigantea, Ammi majus, blue Nigella hispanica, Californian poppies, a bit of the Cerinthe and a couple of Dianthus Carthusianorum. As I said, everything but the kitchen sink pulled into that bunch.
Today I have picked the delicious Rose Gertrude Jekyll. She is a strong pink colour and has the most incredible strong rose scent. The only thing you have to watch about Ms Jekyll is that she is as prickly as they come.
Her petals make lovely confetti when dried. I am saving petals for the day that sister Dorris gets married. All plans have had to change of course but when the day comes I shall be ready to shower her and David with petals.
Sharing my flowers with you and our hostCathy.
Have a great week wherever you are and thanks for reading. D.
digwithdorris.com 
I love the birthday bouquet. The range of colors seem just right and the blue Nigella at center just holds everything together. I’m trying to grow Cerinthe this year. It’s so pretty in your vase.
Thank you. Cerinthe is a great addition and mine has come back each year after seed sowing three years ago. Hope yours take
I’m glad your roses made it through all those tests! I love the pink blooms. My own roses have been very standoffish this year, only showing up here and there and then frequently incinerated within hours by our repeated heatwaves,
Thanks Kris. The weather has been very harsh and sadly I think it seems to be the new norm. I have given them some manure and I have been watering during the dry spell. It’s a tricky business and our poor roses!
And I am sure your birthday girl (boy?) was delighted with the kitchen sink posy – Morning Mist is definitely not a sugary pink rose and goes well with the other brights – mine has a couple of buds now, but open blooms are still some way off. What a shame for Sister Dorris and her intended to have had to postpone the wedding – when should it have been? Are they waiting till this is ‘over’ before they set a new date? Rose petal confetti is such a lovely idea and if Gertrude retains some scent when dried they will be the creme de la creme of confetti! People talk of her fragrance and when there are so many sweet smelling roses it’s easy to think it’s not going to be any more special than others, but there really is something intoxicating about it. Thanks for sharing, Dorris
I do believe Hilary was pleased with her birthday posy. The wedding was planned for this summer and then was to be autumn. With all the uncertainty over jobs and social distancing I suspect it will now be 2021. In any event I think it will now be held at short notice!
Yes, there will be many postponed weddings to be rethought – and, I gather, talk of downsizing them in many cases
Strange times
Lovely mixed posy. The morning mist is a gorgeous colour, as is Gertrude!
Thank you. I think all roses are pretty gorgeous but the David Austin ones have scent too which just is icing on the cake
That birthday bouquet is gorgeous! Your roses have proved their worth, getting through all the trials and blooming beautifully for you in the end. Enjoy!
Thanks Cathy I am enjoying them, perhaps even more so, because I thought I might have lost them .
How wonderfully special to have real rose petal confetti.
I put dried rose petals and pistachio nuts in a chocolate refrigerator cake once for my Grandson’s summer Christening party – it looked wonderful – tasted pretty good too.
Love that mixed bunch full of life, joy and Summer!
I like the sound of the cake must have looked gorgeous
It did! Must make it again some day – first find some rose petals.
I got rid of all the roses in my garden as they were infested with black spot.
I have one beauty the Nanacathy.com gave me as a birthday present, Hot Princess. She is a grogeous Hot pink – my favourite colour – and she is a very late flowerer as my birthday is in November and Cathy thoughtfully wanted a rose that would stay in flower very late in the year. She has tiny buds appearing now.
Hot princess sounds very useful flowering so late and what a lovely gift !
And yet another rose to add to my must- have list. I haven’t come across ‘ Morning Mist’ and I don’t know why. It’s beautiful, I adore single roses. A very pretty bunch.
Having seen your roses I have to ask, do you have room!
Funnily enough, I have just found it struggling up a fence in the shade I’d forgotten all about it. What a way to treat a beauty like that.
Found it? You’re a rose-aholic!