Flowers on Friday: Mid-June Roses

Wednesday was fungicide day.  I like to think of this as an opportunity to get up close and personal with each of my roses individually ... instead of a bi-weekly necessary nuisance chore.  The sky that day was overcast, creating near-perfect light to take some really nice rose photos.  Here are the best ones, presented approximately in order as I walked through the garden.  (links below each photo take you to Help Me Find, the best rose reference site on the web.)

'Paul Ecke, Jr.'

Shrub, 2004

'Annie Laurie'

Floribunda, 2001

'Reveil Dijonnais'

Climber, 1931

Polyantha/Noisette

Found rose, from the garden of President Garfield's Aunt Louisa

"Maggie"

found rose

'Rose de Rescht'

Portland, Damask Perpetual, before 1900

"Grandmother's Hat"

Hybrid perpetual, found rose from California

Noisette seedling bred by my friend Robert.

'Dr. W. Van Fleet'

Hybrid wichurana, Rambler, 1910

'Mutabilis'

China, before 1894

'Leontine Gervais'

Hybrid wichurana, Rambler, 1903

'Henri Barruet'

Hybrid wichurana, Rambler, 1918

'Alberic Barbier'

Hybrid wichurana, Rambler, 1900

Plant that I grew from seed in 2008.

'Morning Mist'

Shrub, English Rose, 1996

'Sir Clough'

Shrub, English Rose, 1983

'Belle Story'

Shrub, English Rose, 1984

'Basye's Purple'

Shrub, Hybrid rugosa, 1968

'Pink Pillar'

Climber, 1940

'Marinette'

Shrub, English Rose, 1997

'White Cap'

Climber, 1954

'Alida Lovett'

Hybrid wichurana, Rambler, 1917

'Red Wand'

Miniature Climber, 1964

'Mary Guthrie'

Polyantha, 1929

Polyantha, found in a cemetery in Sumerduck, Virginia.

'Lafter'

Hybrid Tea, 1943

There are still SO many nice roses in the garden, and I am enjoying them like crazy!  Things like spraying fungicide, and weeding, and deadheading are hard work ... but being outside in the garden, surrounded by lovelies like these, makes the work into a much more pleasurable way to spend the day.