Avon Rose

The Avon Rose growing in my front yard is a hybrid tea rose with good fragrance and long stem blooms. The dark red flowers hold their colour well even in hot weather thus making it one of the better cut flowers.

Double Delight Roses

Double Delight Roses are a favorites in our household for its perfume and lovely two tone color of white center with red outer petals. So that's why we have a few bushes growing together because they look spectacular en mass in bloom.

Camp David Rose..I think.

This is Camp David Rose..I think. That's because I've moved my roses from one place to another that I may have gotten them mixed up now, especially if they're similar in color or types. Well I'm 90% sure its Camp David because it has that blood red color, lovely sweet fragrance and tall hybrid tea trait.

Princess Alexandra of Kent Rose

Another rose I bought on the weekend was Princess Alexandra of Kent, a David Austin Rose. It has large flowers of a warm, glowing pink. They are full-petaled and deeply cupped in shape, all enclosed in a ring of outer petals of a softer pink; creating a most pleasing effect. And the fragrance is magnificent!

Blooming marvelous!

Blooming marvelous!  We're having a few hot days so all the icebergs are blooming their heads off. Any hotter and they'll burn.

Burgundy Iceberg

I succumbed to my temptation; I bought another rose bush on the weekend! Its the Burgundy Iceberg I was telling you about. So now I have the whole Iceberg Roses Collection from the white iceberg to blushing pink, brilliant pink and now finally the burgundy pink.

Joyfulness Rose

Another favorite rose of ours is Joyfulness; a hybrid tea rose with long stem and big blooms. Excellent as cut flowers so the flowers usually last longer as cut flowers rather than leaving them on the plant at the mercy of the weather and pests.

Christian Dior Rose

The Christian Dior rose is a classic long stem hybrid tea red rose with strong perfume. However I think nowadays there are better looking roses out there that smell even better. So maybe they need to come up with a new and improved Christian Dior Rose if it has to live up to the name.

Woburn Abbey

The Woburn Abbey is a floribunda rose with striking coppery orange to yellow blooms and fragrance. Because it is a floribunda it grows quite well in a large pot which is helpful for me because I've run out of room in the ground for everyone!

Sheer Bliss Rose

A hybrid tea rose, Sheer Bliss can grow as tall as me! Its fragrance is not over powering and the pale pink petals tend to get blemishes quite easily. Long stem flowers make good cut flowers for indoor.

Flamingo Rose

Flamingo Rose is a typical hybrid tea rose with perfumed scent. The color resembles the bird of which it got its name from and quite fittingly I might add. One of my favorite roses in the front yard.

Blue Moon Climbing Rose

This is my Blue Moon Climbing Rose I have growing on the south facing wall of my backyard. Though a prolific flowering rose I have hardly many roses each year all thanks to the possums who come along the fence in the night and eat all the flower buds before they get to bloom.

I have struggled for years to overcome this possum problem; I've tried all kinds of remedies I could find on the web but they all have limited success. From deterrents to electronic devices I've tried them all. Still I found the Poss Off deterrent by Beat-A-Bug to be most effective. I have to keep at it everyday though and a bottle of Poss Off is very expensive.

Fragrant Delight Rose

The name says it all; this rose is indeed fragrant as the name implies. But I still prefer Fragrant Cloud in term of the level of fragrance is concerned. Nevertheless a good floribunda rose to have on my front yard.

Brilliant Pink Iceberg Rose

The next Iceberg Rose growing in my front yard is the Brilliant Pink Iceberg. The pink is much stronger than the Blushing Pink Iceberg and it has the similar sweet smelling fragrance as all the other Iceberg Roses. Next on my list is to get the Burgundy Iceberg Roses!

Mr. Lincoln Rose

If there's one rose that is perfect for its fragrance as well as making good cut flowers its Mr. Lincoln Rose. This long stem rose was named after Abraham Lincoln and it has been around for many generations. It is still as popular today as it was bred so many years ago. If you're just going to grow one rose in your garden make it Mr. Lincoln.

Blaze of Glory

Here's Joseph's Coat at its best. Most of the flowers are blooming in all its available colours. Quite a spectacular sight on the front fence capturing glances from passersby on a daily basis. Like a blaze of glory.

Blushing Pink Iceberg Rose

This is the Blushing Pink Iceberg Rose, the only difference from the normal Iceberg Rose is that it has just a slight blushing pink in addition to its white petals. It has the same sweet smelling fragrance and leaves. Some people prefer this to the normal one just because of the pink hue..do you?

Princess of Monaco Rose

Now this is a nice one; Princess of Monaco rose. Though the flower isn't large like Chrysler Imperial or Just Joey, it has very lovely creamy white with pink edge petals. It doesn't have a strong fragrance but a slight sweet scent. The flowers do not respond well to humidity and will ball up and rot so best to cut them to bring them indoor to enjoy them.

Iceberg Roses

Iceberg roses are one of the most popular roses in any Australian garden so its no surprise that I have some growing in the front yard. They're easy to grow, quite disease resistance and flower prolifically for months. No wonder its still more popular than ever. Beside the white, nowadays they also come in different shades of pink and on my bucket list is to grow all of them!

Just Joey Rose

One rose that resembles Brandy is Just Joey. It has the same apricot colour, same size blooms and similar sweet smelling fragrance. In fact I couldn't tell them apart if not for the plant structures. Just Joey plant is more bushy while Brandy is tall. I gotta say they must be related.