Friday, April 29, 2011

Friday flowers

The garden roses are back in full force. They really are special.

garden roses
{garden roses}

Jules wrote about roses last week and I've been thinking about them ever since. It's so sad that the store bought variety seem diluted and wan compared to the homegrown ones.

garden roses trio
{garden roses trio}

These are the real deal. They scent the entire apartment. They make me happy.

19 comments:

  1. Isn't it amazing how different they are? Home grown are just so much better! Have a great weekend!

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  2. i love the huge grand florabundas! gorgeous light too

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  3. They would make me happy too! Lovely.

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  4. I must thank you for this feature - every week, I see your beautiful flowers and I wonder - why don't I ever buy flowers for our house?

    So starting last week, I'm treating myself to a bunch from the Thursday farmer's market. Brightens up my day!

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  5. The white and pink one is my favorite. I love to garden but I'm so afraid of roses. Seems they take a lot of patience and care.

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  6. Ah, roses. You know how I feel about them.

    @Hannah--they are actually very low upkeep and they flourish in our hot, dry weather. All you have to do to make roses happy is feed them occasionally, prune them down heavily in January, and clip some roses off the bush throughout the year, which you wouldn't be able to resist doing anyway. :)

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  7. agh, they're like bio-ombre! gorgeous, and they make me miss my mom's roses.

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  8. Beautiful end to the week. Thanks for sharing! Got me thinking how I can't wait for ours to bloom again this summer too!

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  9. These are lovely. I think one of the best things about growing roses is picking them and putting them in a pretty vase =)

    - Sarah
    http://agirlintransit.blogspot.com

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  10. Gorgeous! I love posts about flowers; they really do lighten up a space.

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  11. Beautiful flowers! I need to get out and buy some to liven up my living room.

    www.colleenandkeith.blogspot.com

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  12. These are really pretty! I enjoy all of the slim, simple vases you use.

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  13. Beautiful Roses. I hope to have a little garden of my own one day... apartment life just doesn't allow for it at the moment.

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  14. I used to put together arrangements with hundreds of roses in them, and now I'm even more impressed with the single garden rose floating in a crystal goblet on my table. Especially since SiSi picked the rose (more like grabbed it and broke it off the plant) :)

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  15. These make me ache for space to grow things. Just beautiful and I agree home grown makes such a difference. I love your Friday flowers posts, they make me happy too!

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  16. Just looking at those brightens up my day.

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  17. I agree about garden roses vs store roses. The ones from the garden are so much better.

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