Roses are us....

This is the rose season at our home. We have 10 very healthy and beautiful rose bushes which each year come out to play at this time. Two are the same, the rest are all different. 8 of them run in a straight line down our shared driveway. Most of them have an enormous "bloom" period right now, and if you cut off the blooms once they finish up, the bushes will keep on producing.

When we bought our home, there were only 9, and they were much smaller in size. They had been neglected for years in terms of watering and trimming. When our drip irrigation lines went in, they immediately started showing their full colors.

My wife requested, and received an additional bush a couple years ago. She wanted something non-pink and non red. She wanted yellow, one of Sweden's national colors. It bloomed the first year, but this year was its first year of real production.

Enjoy the pictures: