The magic of spring

Pink, and white and purple - oh my! The spicy fragrance drifting on the breeze as you walk along the path. The Rosa Mundi  with their stripy blooms have a whiff of cinnamon. If you walk to the back of the garden bury your nose in the prolific old garden Cabbage Roses. The scent can take you back to a much simpler time.  But my favorite scented rose in the garden is the lovely Belle Isis. With her button eye and sugar pink petals, she takes a my breath away.

So much to see, touch, smell and hear in the garden in early June. If you have the chance, stop over and take the time to smell those roses while they are still in bloom. 

The pathway leads to the rose garden planted with our Rosa Mundi hedge. 

With her stripy petals and fragrent scent she welcomes you in to the garden. 

The lovely pink Belle Isis gives pause to admire her tightly formed bloom (above and below)

Charles Lawsons covered with raindrops.

One of the four moss roses, Shailers White Moss. He blooms on a tall, arching bush.

The Cabbage Roses are along the arbor, giving a sweet smell to the corner of the garden. 

Sweetbriar with his petit blooms and fine foliage.

Above and below, Dog Rose and Multiflora Thunburg make a pretty hedge along the lawn at the end of the garden. 

William Lobb, above & Henri Martin below,  two more moss roses.

Belle Isis in the rain, above, and below is our China rose, Jean Bach Sisley.

Harison's Yellow, always the first to bloom.

Herbs are in flower too - sage (above), and chives (below).

The Lupine is almost done for the season.

The vegetable garden is beginning to fill in. Red Wethersfield Onion is going to seed, and the radishes are almost ready to harvest. 

Old Cardinal Rose with his green center, pictured in various forms above, and the next two photos below. 

A crab spider hanging out. 

An interesting color variation on the Cardinal rose.

Single-petals in the Richardii rose at the back of the garden.

Multiflora Carnea rise.

Rosa Mundi

Cabbage, above and Orach, below. 

Stay tuned for more snapshots as the garden year continues.