BLOOM THYME FRIDAY: SLOWLY, SURELY AND WET!

Are you tired of hearing about weather yet? We are getting almost constant rain! The garden is drenched but so green. This reminds me of 2019 when my good friend Connie Hilker came to visit and she spent her time walking in the garden under an umbrella wearing boots – the pathways were flooded. She would find the same thing today…

Here are some beauties BRAVING THE STORMS this week…

KAZANLIK is an amazingly fragrant Damask from the Bulgaria / Turkey region since before 1600s. I just had to have her and many of her cousins after visiting Turkey and learning more about their significance in the rose oil trade. Wonderful to use in potpourris! I purchased her from High Country Roses and you can too … here.

ABOVE AND BEYOND is going above and beyond, as usual, to make a big splash in the garden. Rain or shine! Thank you Dr. David Zlesak for such an amazing rose!

CLEMATIS AND LADY ASHE

The clematis is moving in a bit faster but Lady Ashe is primed and ready to take center stage. What a fabulous rose! Lady Ashe is a beautiful, well-behaved, fragrant climber from English rose growers at Peter Beale’s Roses.

OTHERS DOING WELL REGARDLESS OF THE CONDITIONS…

ROSE CHAT

Want company while you’re working in the garden? Access the list of most recent podcasts below…

FIND YOUR BLOOMATE – Rose Chat Podcast

FIND YOUR BLOOMATE: Lessons from the Philadelphia Flower Show Robin Jennings, Heirloom On this episode of the Rose Chat Podcast, host Teresa Byington chats with Robin Jennings, Senior Brand Marketing Manager at Heirloom Roses. Robin recaps Heirloom’s recent experience at the Philadelphia Flower and breaks down the questions they heard from new and non-rose growers reaching for their “perfect bloomate.” From “Are roses hard to grow?” to “Which one won’t die on me?” Robin shares real conversations from the booth floor and unpacks what new gardeners are actually looking for. We’ll talk about the biggest misconceptions around roses, what traits beginners care about most, and how the industry can better guide first-time buyers. If you’ve ever wondered what new gardeners are thinking when they approach roses for the first time, this episode gives you a front-row seat. The Rose Chat Podcast Our 15th Season MEET THE ROSE CHAT TEAM 🎙 Executive Producer & On-Air Personality Chris VanCleave – RedneckRosarian.com Chris—aka The Redneck Rosarian—is the mastermind behind the Rose Chat Podcast. He’s a nationally known rosarian, speaker, and TV personality who believes roses are for everyone, not just folks with fancy garden gloves. Whether he's talking bloom care or thorny troublemakers, Chris brings heart, humor, and a whole lot of rose wisdom to the mic. 🎙 Content Creator & On-Air Personality Teresa Byington – TheGardenDiary.com Teresa is a Master Gardener, Consulting Rosarian, and one of the kindest garden cheerleaders you’ll ever meet. She’s been growing roses for decades and still gets excited when one bursts into bloom. With stories, tips, and a dash of garden gossip, she helps make Rose Chat feel like a visit with a good friend, who just happens to be a rose expert. Wanna Keep in Touch? We’d love to pop into your inbox now and then (we promise, no spam—just roses). Click here to subscribe to Rose Chat updates!

ROSEFEST / SAT, JUNE 11, 9 – 3 pm

If you’re local, the Indianapolis Rose Society and Hamilton Country Master Gardeners have teamed up to bring a beautiful day of roses. Roses for sale, demonstrations, garden tour, great speakers, and free Proven Winner’s beautiful roses to the first 40 guests! For all the details, read on here…

Rosefest 2022

Grateful

In these tumultuous times, weather as a problem is not even on the scale. More than ever I appreciate the beauty and love around me.

Luke 12: Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. He’s not just in control of flowers, He’s in control of us.

Until next week…. may your time in the garden give you comfort and beauty.

2 thoughts on “BLOOM THYME FRIDAY: SLOWLY, SURELY AND WET!”

I hope you are having a nice and safe Memorial Day today. Perhaps NO rain in your beautiful garden today. I so enjoyed seeing all of your rose photos and other flower photos, too. I have still been pruning, and I really hated to prune my Lady Banks yellow rose, but I know pruning stimulates growth and flowers. She only blooms once in early spring. I almost got all of my bedding plants planted yesterday. They are so pretty planted in mainly decorative flower pots. I have Hawaii Blue ageratum (powder puff), and I have some small double yellow dahlias in bloom. I tell everyone that I will think of Elvis in “Blue Hawaii.” Ha! I always plant parsley for the butterflies plus having a lavender butterfly bush, and I planted Sweet Basil for my delicious spaghetti sauce. I have managed to prune four of my roses that have already bloomed. I have the double white Meidiland rose which I dearly love, and it is so pretty at night. I will send a few pics now as you must see my tomatoes! Thank you for the Biblical verse and for your blog. You inspire me.

I wanted to share a very good tip with you if you plant some of your roses in plastic pots. Get Mr. G to drill several holes around and near the bottoms of the containers to allow good drainage. And you may already know this, but if you have barefoot roses, you must hydrate the roots in water for at least 24 hours before planting them. Very important!

Sherry Lewis says:

May 30, 2022 at 4:46 pm

I hope you are having a nice and safe Memorial Day today. Perhaps NO rain in your beautiful garden today. I so enjoyed seeing all of your rose photos and other flower photos, too. I have still been pruning, and I really hated to prune my Lady Banks yellow rose, but I know pruning stimulates growth and flowers. She only blooms once in early spring. I almost got all of my bedding plants planted yesterday. They are so pretty planted in mainly decorative flower pots. I have Hawaii Blue ageratum (powder puff), and I have some small double yellow dahlias in bloom. I tell everyone that I will think of Elvis in “Blue Hawaii.” Ha! I always plant parsley for the butterflies plus having a lavender butterfly bush, and I planted Sweet Basil for my delicious spaghetti sauce. I have managed to prune four of my roses that have already bloomed. I have the double white Meidiland rose which I dearly love, and it is so pretty at night. I will send a few pics now as you must see my tomatoes! Thank you for the Biblical verse and for your blog. You inspire me.

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Sherry Lewis says:

May 30, 2022 at 6:52 pm

I wanted to share a very good tip with you if you plant some of your roses in plastic pots. Get Mr. G to drill several holes around and near the bottoms of the containers to allow good drainage. And you may already know this, but if you have barefoot roses, you must hydrate the roots in water for at least 24 hours before planting them. Very important!

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