My new buttery yellow ‘Julia Child’ rose is so happy where I planted her. New growth, buds, everything.

Delicate tones of yellow in softly fragrant rose ‘Julia Child’

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The roses in my front yard rosebed are looking phenomenal. I think they like the hazy (smoky!) sunshine we have had for the past few days. The lack of rain is making them that much more fragrant.

‘Sundowner” floribunda rose in August bloom

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Looking ahead to summer roses…

Camelot roses in tones of coral, orange, pink, and peach, in my summer garden

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Another brilliant bouquet (detail) from a previous Northwest Flower & Garden Show (NWFGS), held every February in Seattle, Washington. I can’t wait for this year’s!

Intensely colored rainbow of flowers in magnificent bouquet at NWFGS in 2013.

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The NW Flower & Garden Show here in Seattle doesn’t start for a couple of weeks yet, but my archives have bouquets to whet our appetite.

Lavender roses and other florals in this stunner of a bouquet at the 2013 NWFGS

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This Peace rose and bud is from the middle of May, last year. Only four months away!

Raindrops glisten on a blushing Peace rose, and bud just showing color, in the May garden

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No fun going out in the wind and rain, so here are some more roses.

Mixed garden roses in a bouquet

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The weather in Seattle is supposed to get seriously rainy, after some very fine fall weather. The only thing to do is go out and cut all the open roses for bouquets, because they’ll only get destroyed. Bonus image below of the bouquets!

Cut the open roses in my garden ahead of the rain coming

And here are the bouquets they made, on my kitchen counter.

Garden roses smell so heavenly. These bouquets will go throughout the house.

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The late light in the rose garden in front of my house always thrills me.

Late afternoon light in my rose garden

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In San Miguel de Allende, an art and tourist mecca in central Mexico, I went to a beautiful former factory, La Fabrica Aurora, which is now a shopping heaven. In the courtyard were these display of roses. Which are prettier, lavender or pink?

Dozens of lavender roses float in a large bowl on a stone floor

Full-blown pink roses float in a stone vessel in San Miguel, Mexico

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