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🌱 It's time for the second flush. We don't get as many roses when they bloom again, but they're gorgeous nevertheless. This is 'Lady of Shallot' by David C. H. Austin. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A cluster of four apricot to orange colored roses bobbing on thick stems with deep green leaves. This rose can be grown as a bushy shrub rose, or be trained as a climber. I have it trained as a climber along a white vinyl 2-rail fence. This rose is just beginning its second flush of beautiful chalice shaped blooms. 'Lady of Shallot' is my favorite rose.
August 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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🌱 This is 'Earth Angel'. I planted her in part shade just to test how she would do. My plant isn't overly bushy, but each stem has multiple roses and buds. She gets a lot of sun in the Autumn and Winter due to her placement beneath 3 deciduous trees. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A globular, many-petaled, old-fashioned style rose. Inner petals are light pink. Outer petals are creamy white. The flower is surrounded by green leaves. 'Earth Angel' was bred in Germany by Tim Hermann Kordes in 2003. The rose was introduced in the United States in 2015. The plant is part of the Parfuma collection. It is a floribunda rose. The average height is approximately 35" (90 cm) and the average width is 20" (50 cm). The scent is strong and sweet.
June 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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🌱 This beauty is called 'Ebb Tide'. She is the darkest purple rose I have in my garden. She's planted in the shade, and does well despite not growing in full sun. Photo: May 25, 2024 #Zone8b #Garden
A dark purple rose set against a green background of leaves.
December 6, 2024 at 4:47 AM
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🌱 Today will be one minute longer than yesterday. It's not much, but every minute counts. BTW, this is rain soaked 'Emily Bronte' an English shrub rose by David Austin. She's a beauty from bud to bloom. Photo: June 2, 2024 #garden #Zone8b
A mature rose bloom. The younger petals in the center are pink. They fade to white as they open. There are rain drops on the leaves that surround the rose.
December 22, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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🌱 I put raised beds in my front yard last Spring to save my backyard plants during the septic install. All of the flowers in the raised beds detracted from 'New Dawn', a climbing rose. I have moved two raised beds to the back so far. Excited to see 'New Dawn' shine this year. #garden #Zone8b
Three unfurled light pink roses. The cluster also has a few buds on it. There are other flowers and green leaves in the background. Photo: June 25, 2024
January 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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🌱 This is 'Peace'. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
Nearing the end of blooms on my 'Peace' roses for 2025. The center petals are yellow. As the rose opens up, the petals fade to cream with pink edges. The leaves of the 'Peace' rose are deep green. This particular rose is planted next to a cement walkway.
September 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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🌱 Enjoying a late morning cup of coffee with sun-faded 'Emily Brontë'. It's not easy to take a photo of an individual flower with this shrub rose. It's a mass of blooms all over the plant. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A large cluster of pale pink to white English roses, bred by David C. H. Austin of the UK. This particular shrub rose is approximately 4' (122 cm) high and wide. It is a heavy bloomer with a sweet scent. It is growing up against a white vinyl 2-rail fence and is visible both from the road, and inside my "secret garden" - a small garden that can be viewed from cushioned chairs on my front porch. Most plants that grow in the Secret Garden cannot be seen from the road, with exception of the large shrub and climbing roses.
June 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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🌱 Oh my goodness! My favorite climbing rose 'Lady of Shallot' is blooming! Today is a good day. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A peachy orange climbing rose, with multiple flowers and buds, bloom above a white fence. Grass and a garden bed are blurred out in the background.
May 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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🌱 'Lady of Shallot' making a showing again. She's my favorite rose, and she's still covered in blooms. The flowers are beginning to fade. Soon I will start the process of defoliating all of my roses to help prevent black spot through the rainy season. #blookscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A peachy-orange rose blossom in front of a white 2-rail fence. The leaves are medium green. Some of the leaves are beginning to show stress and black spot. I will defoliate them at the end of the season and the leaves will come back fresh and beautiful in early spring.
September 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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🌱 Hopefully these self-seeded sunflowers, standing high above our 6' (182.88cm) tall fence give you a reason to smile today. #garden #Zone8b #bloomscrolling
Three sunflower plants swaying in the wind. The plants are approximately 10' (304.8cm) tall. The sun is out and the sky is blue with a few white clouds floating by.
September 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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I was too excited about my radish harvest today (all from one container on my deck) that I didn't notice the photo wasn't in focus. 🤣

The radishes were sliced paper thin on a mandoline and quick pickled. The greens are going to be wilted and eaten with dinner. Yum!

#gardening #zone8b
A pile of homegrown radishes in a variety of colours on a cutting board.
May 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
reneeclark.bsky.social
🌱 First bloom in the pond. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b

“Just like the lotus we too have the ability to rise from the mud, bloom out of the darkness and radiate into the world.” – Unknown
A white hardy water lily bloom rising above the water's surface in a small pond. It blooms among lily pads, water hyacinth, and water lettuce.
August 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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🌱 It seems like, over night, most of the #roses have exploded into bloom. This is 'The Generous Gardener'. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A beautiful light pink flower of a climbing rose called "The Generous Gardener". This rose was bred by David C. H. Austin of the UK, and was released for sale in 2002. This rose has a strong rose scent and can grow canes up to 14' long. It blooms in our front yard, and is secured to a short white fence.
May 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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🌱 One more day of the heat wave before temperatures are comfortable again. The 'Sarah Bernhardt' peony didn't seem to mind the heat. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A large light pink bloom of a 'Sarah Bernhardt' peony. There is a small bud beneath, and to the left, of the large bloom. The many petals are large and edged with ruffles. This is a mid-to-large peony plant that has been blooming for about a week. It has many blooms on it, some are drooping towards the ground due to the sheer weight of so many blooms. The plant is situated in the front garden of a small cottage.
June 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
reneeclark.bsky.social
🌱 Things keep happening, and flowers keep blooming. This is 'Koko Loko' resting in the evening shade. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A partially open bloom of the 'Koko Loko' Floribunda rose. This rose has a vintage look - a little bit of light chocolate, with lavender undertones. Her bud opens with a warm peachy magenta base, and gently fades light mocha brown, then to pink as the flower matures.
May 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
reneeclark.bsky.social
🌱 Feeling sad that I'm enjoying the final flushes of the season. This floribunda rose is called 'Poseidon'. My phone automatically updated, and now my photos aren't true to color. Gotta figure the new camera settings out - but, IRL, this rose looks more lavender, than pink. #bloomscrolling #Zone8b
A lavender rose flower above green leaves. There are two rose buds peeking out from behind the large bloom.
September 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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🌱 Happy #bloomscrolling. I love the muted tones of these tulips. Many of my tulips are beginning to fade, but these are going strong - possibly because they are growing in the shade. #garden #Zone8b
The camera focused on the bloom of a dusty yellow and blush tulip. There is a second tulip, and a purple-blooming azalea, blurred out in the photo, behind the focal flower.
May 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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🌱 'The Generous Gardener' blooming in evening shade. It's currently 93°F (33.89°C). Tomorrow's temperature is expected to drop by 19°F. Looking forward to cooler temps. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A beautiful pink rose nearing full bloom, surrounded by 3 rose buds and green foliage. This climbing rose is in my front garden near the entrance to our home.
August 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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🌱 The last remaining blooming cane on the 'Peace' roses. The rest were pruned last evening. Roses come back stronger after being cut down. The question is, can we? 🇺🇲 #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A side view of a large hybrid tea rose flower. It is yellow in the center, fades to cream, and has light pink edges. The long stem and leaves supporting the rose are deep green. The rose stands in front of a white split rail fence that has a climbing rose called "The Generous Gardener" growing along it. The ground is covered in untreated wood chips.
July 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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🌱 The miniature roses are blooming. I enjoy their blooms, but don't know if I would add any more to my garden as they only bloom one time each year. I prefer roses that bloom in multiple flushes. I have miniature roses in red, cream, yellow and peach colors. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A yellow miniature rose bloom, with green leaves, in a raised garden bed. There are yellow and orange calendula (pot marigold) flowers and yellow pansies peeking through in the background.
June 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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🌱 This rose - it's a new rose. Unnamed. Unregistered. Yet, it's as beautiful as the roses that come from well-known brand names. Bred by Frank Gatto of Raft Island Roses in Gig Harbor, WA. Frank has been breeding roses since the 1990s. His roses are gorgeous. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A blooming many-petaled rose flower above shiny green leaves. The rose is orange-yellow in the center, and the edges are deep magenta pink. This rose becomes more striking as the rose ages. The yellow centers become more prominent and the magenta pink fades to a dusty purple appearance. It was the aged rose that caught my eye before I decided to purchase it.
June 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
reneeclark.bsky.social
🌱 Thank you to everyone who post beautiful nature photos. I enjoy #bloomscrolling and seeing photos of nature, birds and wild animals. Your photos remind me that the earth is ultimately in control, despite the greed and hatred of mankind. This is Osteospermum growing in my front #garden. #Zone8b
A single Osteospermum bloom. The flower has a tan center. The petals are hot pink near the center and fade to orange at the tips. The background is a top down look at the Osteospermum plant that is growing in soil that has been mulched with untreated wood chips.
August 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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🌱 Little faces smiling brightly in the late morning sun. #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A cluster of purple and yellow violas facing the morning sun. There is a blurred out brick wall in the background.
April 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
reneeclark.bsky.social
🌱 #SilentSunday #bloomscrolling #garden #Zone8b
A white bloom of an 'Iceberg' floribunda rose bush. This rose has medium-to-dark green leaves. The leaves are not as glossy as many rose leaves are. This rose flowers throughout Spring and Summer and is still blooming prolifically on September 21, 2025.
September 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
reneeclark.bsky.social
🌱 The gardens seem to have transformed over night. It is beautiful today. Lupine are covered in bees. Roses are budding up and getting ready to burst into bloom. This is why I love to #garden in the Pacific Northwest. There is a lot wrong in the world today, but the flowers don't know that. #Zone8b
A garden bed. Purple and peach lupine are in full bloom. A peach peony blooms in the background, along with some red poppies and purple blooming chives. Many rose bushes are getting ready to bloom in this bed, including three climbing roses, 'Eden', 'The Generous Gardener' and 'Lady of Shallot'. Shrub roses getting ready to bloom are 'Emily Bronte', 'Oh Happy Day', and 'Vanessa Bell'. There is a white arbor at the very back of the garden.
May 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM