John
@john121974.bsky.social
Pacific Northwest • he/him • married • 🏳️🌈 • IT worker • hobby gardener obsessed with heritage roses • cycling • dogs • baking • poetry • German speaker
In winter, I always think I'll post more photos of #roses in summer when they're in bloom. But the garden keeps me so busy in summer, I'm lucky to snap a few photos let alone share them here. That said, here's 'Radiance' (HT, 1908), the most widely grown rose of its day and still a very good do'er!
July 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In winter, I always think I'll post more photos of #roses in summer when they're in bloom. But the garden keeps me so busy in summer, I'm lucky to snap a few photos let alone share them here. That said, here's 'Radiance' (HT, 1908), the most widely grown rose of its day and still a very good do'er!
White on white. The found hybrid tea rose, 'Hoag House Cream' flirting with white delphiniums. In the background is another tough old hybrid tea, 'Comtesse de Cassagne' from ~1919.
🌱 #roses #zone8b #bloomscrolling
🌱 #roses #zone8b #bloomscrolling
June 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
White on white. The found hybrid tea rose, 'Hoag House Cream' flirting with white delphiniums. In the background is another tough old hybrid tea, 'Comtesse de Cassagne' from ~1919.
🌱 #roses #zone8b #bloomscrolling
🌱 #roses #zone8b #bloomscrolling
A cluster of blooms from David Austin's "Charity 97" (Auschar). I received this by accident years ago and it's become one of our favorite #roses. I'm glad to see High Country Roses began offering it recently, because it really deserves to remain in commerce.
🌱 #zone8b #bloomscrolling #Englishroses
🌱 #zone8b #bloomscrolling #Englishroses
June 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A cluster of blooms from David Austin's "Charity 97" (Auschar). I received this by accident years ago and it's become one of our favorite #roses. I'm glad to see High Country Roses began offering it recently, because it really deserves to remain in commerce.
🌱 #zone8b #bloomscrolling #Englishroses
🌱 #zone8b #bloomscrolling #Englishroses
Swallowtails have been frequently haunting the garden this June. I wasn't sure what was attracting them until I saw this one enjoying the self-sown Sweet William dianthus that pops up here and there at the edges of the garden. 🌱 #zone8b #bloomscrolling #flowersonFriday 🦋
June 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Swallowtails have been frequently haunting the garden this June. I wasn't sure what was attracting them until I saw this one enjoying the self-sown Sweet William dianthus that pops up here and there at the edges of the garden. 🌱 #zone8b #bloomscrolling #flowersonFriday 🦋
Here are some photos of the Davis Store tea rose's spring flush. It's just blooming now - much later than the other true tea roses that have already finished their first flush - and unfortunately that means it's been a victim of Western flower thrips that have somewhat spoiled the blooms.
June 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Here are some photos of the Davis Store tea rose's spring flush. It's just blooming now - much later than the other true tea roses that have already finished their first flush - and unfortunately that means it's been a victim of Western flower thrips that have somewhat spoiled the blooms.
Will do! Last time I took cuttings from this, they all rooted, so it's easy to propagate. The flowers are very large, too, which isn't always clear in photos of large blooms. It only blooms once each summer, but that's the only drawback. The blooms start out this color and then turn purple.
May 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Will do! Last time I took cuttings from this, they all rooted, so it's easy to propagate. The flowers are very large, too, which isn't always clear in photos of large blooms. It only blooms once each summer, but that's the only drawback. The blooms start out this color and then turn purple.
A sublime bloom on "Alfred de Dalmas", a Portland Damask Moss rose from 1855, and the much less demure mossy buds and sepals that reveal Alfred's wild side.
#roses #zone8b #flowerreport 🌱
#roses #zone8b #flowerreport 🌱
May 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
A sublime bloom on "Alfred de Dalmas", a Portland Damask Moss rose from 1855, and the much less demure mossy buds and sepals that reveal Alfred's wild side.
#roses #zone8b #flowerreport 🌱
#roses #zone8b #flowerreport 🌱
Just before "Umbra" (Hybrid Gallica, 2000) shatters, it reaches its most slatey purple color. I'm glad I snapped this photo this morning when I did, because a couple of hours later, there was a pool of purple petals on the ground.
#roses #zone8b 🌱 #flowerreport
#roses #zone8b 🌱 #flowerreport
May 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Just before "Umbra" (Hybrid Gallica, 2000) shatters, it reaches its most slatey purple color. I'm glad I snapped this photo this morning when I did, because a couple of hours later, there was a pool of purple petals on the ground.
#roses #zone8b 🌱 #flowerreport
#roses #zone8b 🌱 #flowerreport
I grudgingly admire this China rose from 1902 - "Comtesse du Cayla". She wilts in the sun even faster than I do. So I was delighted to see this perfect bloom hanging out in the shade.
#roses #zone8b 🌱 #bloomscrolling
#roses #zone8b 🌱 #bloomscrolling
May 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I grudgingly admire this China rose from 1902 - "Comtesse du Cayla". She wilts in the sun even faster than I do. So I was delighted to see this perfect bloom hanging out in the shade.
#roses #zone8b 🌱 #bloomscrolling
#roses #zone8b 🌱 #bloomscrolling
The original Portland damask rose, "Duchess of Portland", began blooming in the garden today, and I wasn't the only one to notice.
#bees #zone8b 🌱 #roses #bloomscrolling
#bees #zone8b 🌱 #roses #bloomscrolling
May 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The original Portland damask rose, "Duchess of Portland", began blooming in the garden today, and I wasn't the only one to notice.
#bees #zone8b 🌱 #roses #bloomscrolling
#bees #zone8b 🌱 #roses #bloomscrolling
My favorite of the native brambles - the Thimbleberry - is currently in bloom here in the forests.
#zone8b #nativeplants #pnw
#zone8b #nativeplants #pnw
May 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My favorite of the native brambles - the Thimbleberry - is currently in bloom here in the forests.
#zone8b #nativeplants #pnw
#zone8b #nativeplants #pnw
On today's walk - in the same forest a couple of months later - Monty and I stumbled across this ripening clump of Osoberry fruit. #zone8b #nativeplants #pnw
May 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
On today's walk - in the same forest a couple of months later - Monty and I stumbled across this ripening clump of Osoberry fruit. #zone8b #nativeplants #pnw
When 'Madame Lambard' (Tea, 1878) is wearing a flower (Geum 'Totally Tangerine'), it's just gilding the lily...so to speak!
#roses 🌱 #zone8b #flowerreport
#roses 🌱 #zone8b #flowerreport
May 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
When 'Madame Lambard' (Tea, 1878) is wearing a flower (Geum 'Totally Tangerine'), it's just gilding the lily...so to speak!
#roses 🌱 #zone8b #flowerreport
#roses 🌱 #zone8b #flowerreport
I bought this rose as 'Le Grand Capitaine', a Bourbon from the 1840's. The nursery asserted that it was a very different plant than the rose in commerce as 'Eugène de Beauharnais' (China, 1831). I've now grown both #roses and see no difference at all - but both are utterly gorgeous. 🌱 #zone8b
May 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The #roses are beginning to do their thing here - tied with the irises this year thanks to our dry April.
Not the first one out of the gate but the first one I took a decent picture of, here's the lovely (and slightly rusty) climbing hybrid tea 'Etoile de Hollande' discovered 1931. 🌱 #zone8b
Not the first one out of the gate but the first one I took a decent picture of, here's the lovely (and slightly rusty) climbing hybrid tea 'Etoile de Hollande' discovered 1931. 🌱 #zone8b
May 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This speckled wood violet, Viola sororia 'Freckles', is one of two clumps I started from seed a few years ago, and they're just now reaching a good size. Well worth the wait!
🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone8b
🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone8b
April 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This speckled wood violet, Viola sororia 'Freckles', is one of two clumps I started from seed a few years ago, and they're just now reaching a good size. Well worth the wait!
🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone8b
🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone8b
I love this patch of Primula sieboldii that creeps a little larger every year. Like us, they only look delicate. They can endure hard times and abuse and come back strong.
#flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone8b 🌱
#flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone8b 🌱
April 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I love this patch of Primula sieboldii that creeps a little larger every year. Like us, they only look delicate. They can endure hard times and abuse and come back strong.
#flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone8b 🌱
#flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone8b 🌱
A couple lungworts and a clump of 'Gravetye Giant' summer snowflakes are happily snuggled in to a shady spot otherwise dominated by the native Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes) that grows throughout the woods here. 🌱 #zone8b #PNWNatives
March 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A couple lungworts and a clump of 'Gravetye Giant' summer snowflakes are happily snuggled in to a shady spot otherwise dominated by the native Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes) that grows throughout the woods here. 🌱 #zone8b #PNWNatives
My neighbor has a similar camellia that caught my attention the other day. 🌱 #zone8b #flowerreport
March 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My neighbor has a similar camellia that caught my attention the other day. 🌱 #zone8b #flowerreport
Currently the old European roses in the garden are just bare stems, but soon they'll be showing off again. Here's a big bloom of 'Nouvelle Pivoine' (Hybrid Gallica, 1806) backed up by a chorus of blooms supplied by 'Félicité Parmentier' (Alba, 1836). #RoseWednesday 🌱 #zone8b #roses
March 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Currently the old European roses in the garden are just bare stems, but soon they'll be showing off again. Here's a big bloom of 'Nouvelle Pivoine' (Hybrid Gallica, 1806) backed up by a chorus of blooms supplied by 'Félicité Parmentier' (Alba, 1836). #RoseWednesday 🌱 #zone8b #roses
Spotted the first rose bud of the season. The Tea #roses are usually the first to bloom in my garden, so it's no surprise this bud was on the found rose called the "McClinton Tea", a fragrant old beauty with colors that remind me of strawberries and cream. Photo of blooms from last summer. 🌱 #zone8b
March 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Spotted the first rose bud of the season. The Tea #roses are usually the first to bloom in my garden, so it's no surprise this bud was on the found rose called the "McClinton Tea", a fragrant old beauty with colors that remind me of strawberries and cream. Photo of blooms from last summer. 🌱 #zone8b
In the woods today, the lovely Salmonberries were blooming. They really live up to their Latin name, Rubus spectabilis.
🌱 #flowerreport #pnw #zone8b #nativeplants
🌱 #flowerreport #pnw #zone8b #nativeplants
March 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
In the woods today, the lovely Salmonberries were blooming. They really live up to their Latin name, Rubus spectabilis.
🌱 #flowerreport #pnw #zone8b #nativeplants
🌱 #flowerreport #pnw #zone8b #nativeplants
Sparkling in the shade garden this morning, Daphne odora 'Alba' caught my attention. The pure white blooms against the dark green foliage makes it my favorite of the winter daphnes. 🌱 #zone8b
March 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sparkling in the shade garden this morning, Daphne odora 'Alba' caught my attention. The pure white blooms against the dark green foliage makes it my favorite of the winter daphnes. 🌱 #zone8b
Just stumbled across this video from 10 years ago of our beloved #goldenretriever Henry telling us that it's his dinner time.
As Betty White said, "Once someone has had the good fortune to share a true love affair with a Golden Retriever, one's life and one's outlook is never quite the same."
As Betty White said, "Once someone has had the good fortune to share a true love affair with a Golden Retriever, one's life and one's outlook is never quite the same."
March 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Just stumbled across this video from 10 years ago of our beloved #goldenretriever Henry telling us that it's his dinner time.
As Betty White said, "Once someone has had the good fortune to share a true love affair with a Golden Retriever, one's life and one's outlook is never quite the same."
As Betty White said, "Once someone has had the good fortune to share a true love affair with a Golden Retriever, one's life and one's outlook is never quite the same."
Here in western Washington State, the woods are full of delicate Osoberry in bloom...and fantastic furry creatures. #goldenretrievers 🌱 #zone8b #nativeplants #pnw
March 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Here in western Washington State, the woods are full of delicate Osoberry in bloom...and fantastic furry creatures. #goldenretrievers 🌱 #zone8b #nativeplants #pnw