Monday, 29 June 2015

The Last of the Winter Roses

The cold wet evenings seem to linger till just before sunset and the rosaruim spends most of the day  in the shade this late into winter. The roses look cold and they should be heading for a good sleep but there are still bushes producing flowers.


They have about two weeks left before pruning when the garden changes completely and one wonders how it is possible that the bare sticks will again blossom in a magnificent spring display.


The colours of the roses that flower in winter seem to be more intense and I love the blue ones especially.

1 comment:

  1. With temperatures down to 3 C at night and very little sunshine, it is quite defiant of the roses to still produce blooms like these. They almost seem to be frozen in time!

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