After a very rainy (and warm) winter spring has arrived bringing yet more rain. I am not complaining I like rain and benefits most of the plants in my garden, I say most because my Roses don't like to be wet for many days since that creates the ideal conditions for their archenemies:Blackspot, cankros, powdery mildew, rose rust.. It's been raining almost weekly since July and everything looks beautifully green but it won't last much: soon the lushness will be checked by the first summer heatwaves.. so I will enjoy it while it lasts!
The roses, the few that survived..
The Camellias are still blooming.. I love them madly!
The lantana is showing her first blooms
This Tillandsia Aeranthos is a native bromeliad that grows spontaneusly on trees, they have very nice blooms.
And today it was a very rainy day but I decided to take some pictures of the roses and other plants because I love the sight of raindrops on flowers and leaves: it's pure magic!
Roses covered with raindrops or battered by the rain
The first water lily blooms are coming!
And a last picture of raindrops on a palm leave!
See you next time!
Hi, MDN! Lovely spring in your garden. I agree with you, my roses don't like rainy weeks as well. Their petals remind a wet cloth and fade very fast, especially yellow varieties. The diseases wait for that weather of course.
ResponderEliminarHave a warm and dry spring!
Nadezda, high humidity for long periods of time is really an enemy of roses, but here things dry out as summer advances and the heat tempers the high humidity by means of evaporation but roses don't like extreme heat neither.. sometimes I think of digging out all the roses and plant something that really likes this climate but I love Roses with stubborn passion! Have a nice week!
EliminarI can't even imagine rain on a weekly basis. To say that I'm envious, would be an understatement. I understand that that much rain can promote problems with rose foliage but my roses, barely surviving on the near edge of continuous drought conditions, don't bloom nearly as well as yours!
ResponderEliminarAnd it rained again today but not as heavily as yesterday, there even was drizzle with sun.. crazy! Most plants in my garden love high humidity: plumerias, camellias, hibiscus, wisterias, peach trees.. they appreciate the ample rain only roses and succulents resent it. The succulents I can move them under a roof but roses often have to endure weeks with wet feet and leaves and they definitely don't like that. I really wish I could send you some rain to California!
EliminarYou are so right that roses hate to be wet for any length of time. It rained too much here this summer and mine were horrible. Fortunately, we just had a brief dry spell and they are blooming again. Yours are stunning! P. x
ResponderEliminarPam, thanks for visiting! Growing roses in my climate is definitely an uphill battle because of the heat and high humidity but I love them so much I could not live without them, to me a garden without roses is not a garden! Have a nice week!
EliminarYour roses and flowers are gorgeous MDN. Blackspot and mildew can be quite a problem with roses. Enjoy your beautiful blooms :)
ResponderEliminarThanks Prunella! Yes, in my climate blackspot and mildew are a karma for my roses, sometimes I wonder if I should quit growing them..but they are so gorgeous!
EliminarA spectacular time of year in your garden when camellias are still blooming and so many beautiful roses join in the show. I love that tillandsias spontaneously grow in your trees! Happy spring.
ResponderEliminaryes Peter, early spring and early autumn are the best moments for my garden, The native Tillandsias are very beautiful they love the humidity of this climate and grow practically on every tree.
EliminarYou have a nice collection of roses! And I agree, I also like roses with waterdrops.
ResponderEliminarHere I have a very healthy rose recommendation for you, MDN: Planten un Blomen is one of the best roses I have in my garden. Does also tolerate wet leaves. Gets never sick. Never problems with frost. The breeder is Kordes.
Dear Sigrid, thanks for the tip! The problem is Roses are rarely (if ever) sold with their names in the local nurseries, they merely label them by color that's why the vast majority of my roses are unidentified.I have some roses that show good resistance to diseases: Electron, Zephirine Drouhin, Parure D'Or and Bonica 82. The rest are always suffering from one disease or another.
Eliminar*sigh!* Such gorgeous roses and camellias! :)
ResponderEliminarThank you very much for sharing these lovely photos. It's very interesting to read about your life there when winter has turned to spring now and the climate is so very different from ours.
Here many trees have already lost their leaves and the temperatures are between 5 - 10 C now. No frost yet though.
Happy spring! ♥
Hello Sara! Yes, spring is here but feels like summer too soon. There was a dry week which helped the roses to bloom nicely (pictures soon) but there was rain again today... the only plants that dislike excessive rain in my garden are roses the rest thrives on it but roses are the most numerous plant in my garden there must be 60 or so rosebushes... many people tells me I should garden more accordingly to my climate and stop fighting against (the english cottage style garden of my dreams will never come true) and in recent years I gave up on many temperate climate plants like peonies or tulips but I think I won't ever quit on roses..
EliminarI think you are right. If you love roses, you must have them. ♥
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