The wild roses are out!
They are so bright and cute! Lovely little spots of colour popping up everywhere.
Have a great weekend. 🙂
June 12’s Friday Flower
The wild roses are out!
They are so bright and cute! Lovely little spots of colour popping up everywhere.
Have a great weekend. 🙂
They’re out here in the UK, too. We call them ‘Dog Roses’, and ours tend to be little less vibrant. Lovely picture, Lynette.
Thank you. 🙂 There seem to be slightly different versions of them in many places.
So beautiful! I love the color too. Have a good weekend.
Thanks, you too. 🙂 They only come in pink and very rarely, white.
We saw our first Alberta Wild Rose during our Jasper trip last week. I am sure they are everywhere along the forest walks now. One of my favourite flowers. I should plant some in my garden. Thanks for sharing Lynette. Allan
They seem to be out now in force. So pretty and very hardy – they survive our -45 C winters! They would make a cheery addition to any garden. 🙂
The roses I have are the nearly wild variety and look very similar. Mine have been blooming for a few weeks now.
I’m thinking that’s the photo you posted yesterday? Very similar, yes. Theses roses, with slight variations, seem to be in lots of places. They’re pretty tough – they survive our -45C winters!
That would be the one! Mine have been really scraggly the last few years. I’ve threatened to yank them out, but Hubby did a severe trim instead. They seem to be doing better this year.
It seems that really hardy bushes such as these need a good trim every so often. They come back looking so much better.
I have found it incredibly odd. Our neighbors have the exact same bushes and do absolutely nothing to them, but theirs have stayed essentially the same size as when they were planted and stay relatively full looking. Mine had gotten big and lanky looking before Hubby trimmed them way back. So odd!
That is odd – it makes me wonder what they’re doing. Some people can work magic in their gardens!
Those neighbors are renters and don’t do anything at all. We are lucky if they mow. The owner doesn’t do anything either. I’ve considered that my soil is just healthier because we maintain it, but who knows.
I don’t get that. But then again, this type of rose can be very hardy. I’m not very knowledgeable about gardening, so yes, who knows.
I do okay, but I mostly wing it with the little bit I’ve picked up here and there listening to my grandma and mom talk about plants when I was younger. I still think I’ve managed to have about as much die over the years as I have currently planted. I still blame the awful soil we have and not because I did anything wrong! lol!
It’s lovely that you have retained some of that knowledge from your mom and grandma. 🙂
We just saw some of these the other day in the Okanogan, but I can’t remember where? Love your picture.
Thank you! 🙂 Wild roses are plentiful at this time of year and they do really well in the Okanagan. 🙂
Yes, they are bright and cute. Just like you! (I know, another shameless inspirational plug from me, but that’s just part of my package.) 😉
Awww. 🙂 Thank you. I love your shameless inspirational plugs.
Wild roses! I used to love seeing these in the prairies – no wonder Alberta adopted them as their provincial flower. We seem to be having a good season for dog-roses in the UK.
Yes, they are so pretty and right now they are everywhere. A lovely sight.
Oh, so THAT’S what they’re called! I’ve seen them around but didn’t realize what they were. So pretty!
Yes, that’s what they’re called here. Some people keep them in their gardens, as well. They’re very hardy and can become very large with masses of flowers. In UK they are known as dog roses.