"... teu povo é o meu povo, o teu Deus é o meu Deus!"

To me irises are a very irreverent plants... sometimes I get the impression that they are just sticking their tongues out and being silly! look at this one... tongue out and not paying attention to me!

How can you not love this face????

Grim Brothers Fairy Tale - this is an amazing rose. Grows really fast as a vase shape bush... its big, with long canes - from the best place to get bare roots - Palatine Roses in Canada. Abraham Darby - a David Austin Rose - wonderful fragance... love it South Africa - gorgeous Eden Rose - another marvelous rose. Collete - a gorgeous climber Crown Princess Margareta - another David Austin - apricot blend, gorgeous very nice climber... it's recovering nicely this year, after voles did a number on my roses in 2010 winter. Since we had such a mild winter, I did not have to mulch the roses so I got to see and just keep them wet this time. Thank God for that! This rose gets shade in the afternoon and the color is stronger. Janet - a David Austin Rose  (not fully opened) Lavender Simplicity - really is a nice rose, but no fragrance at all. It's survi...

Poem by Ralph Moore, In the Presence Of Her Majesty The Rose, We can feel history, The stories of men and women, The rise and fall Of empires, of nations, And through it all The rose moves on. In Her Presence, We can fell The struggles , the dreams, of people of different races, The pulse of the rose, So we pay homage, To Her Majesty, The Rose.  

Never cease to amaze me how purple they are... such a joy to gaze upon...