First year after autumn/winter transplanting, and the roses put on a decent showing.
"Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen,
und auf dem Wege, den ich gehen werde,
wird uns, die Glücklichen, sie wieder einen
inmitten dieser sonnenatmenden Erde." John Henry Mackay ('Morgen')

#Hope #Courage ✊🏾

Amazing! Some yellow roses have the most amazing fragrance! My Jude the Obscure is a pale yellow with a powerful fruity fragrance! Carolyn Knight's a nice anise-scent. My proper yellows are Golden Celebration and 100 Idèes Jardin and they are just wonderful in form and fragrance!

Wild rose rosa Roxburghii, the 'chestnut' rose. Happy Sunday from the Forst Rose Garden in East Germany. ❤️🌹

David Austin English rose 'Falstaff'- a rarity these days but can still be found. Wishing you an opulent Sunday! ❤️

Amidst all the Spring beauty, such a terrible drought here in my region of Germany. Never seen such a dry Spring. And because of climate change, it got warm much sooner than normal, so lots of plants damaged by the late frost. No rain in sight. Been like this for several weeks!

Orchids are so amazing! These are native 'Orchis mascula' orchids that I ordered from a sustainable producer last year, with the goal to reintroduce in my area, already flowering! Also have (not pictured) Orchis militaris, Ophrys sphegodes, Anacamptis pyramidalis and a precious Spiranthes spiralis.

Just transplanted ours into the new garden. Bearded irises. They are a showstopper!!

And finally for today, my garden peas are all in a row...well, FOUR rows, to be exact! ☺️ Unusually dry spring but #PrayingForRain

I was a bit worried because I planted them later than usual (November 2024) but my garlic is UP! 😃 The wonderfully spicy, rare hardneck variety, Metechi! 🧄

My first asparagus trench...looks like I was burying someone! 😅 But trench enriched with compost and 8 crowns of purple asparagus now planted.