A Bonanza of Rosebuds.

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It’s mid-november in Houston and the weather has cooled somewhat, at the very least we’re no longer in the 35 -40 C range, thank goodness! It’s the time when what would be Spring or early Summer flowers elsewhere are planted in Houston, so that’s why you’re seeing pansies and mums and petunias in my garden. And of course the miniature roses. I don’t know whether it’s the weather or my stricter watering schedule, watering and using the aqua globes, or the mulch I put on my plants to try and keep the moisture in, but ALL of my roses have a lot of buds on them, as well as a lavender mum that hasn’t flowered in ages!! I don’t think this has ever happened to me before.
So here they are, my happy bonanza of rosebuds and garden mums:
The dark red rose:

The coral-hued beauty that has huge flowers:

My dependable and beautiful peachy-orange rose (you can see the mum in the background):

My lavender rose:

The yellow rose, whose bud still doesn’t show the color though it’s big and fat:

And a close-up of the bud on the lavender mum:

I can’t wait for them all to be in full bloom!

• 12 Nov, 2010
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