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July 30, 2016

Supersized

It takes a couple of supersized photos to properly show some of the tall-growing roses in the backyard rose bed.  Most of the roses shown below are seedlings from an open pollinated (very likely SELF pollinated) 'Queen Elizabeth' parent.  Several are now close to 7 feet tall, and many others are also robust growers.  Here are some recent photos; actually, one from today and one from 2 weeks ago --


Photo taken:  July 30,  2016
Photo taken:  July 13,  2016


 When you research the ancestry of the 'Queen Elizabeth' rose, you will find the following colors among the blooms of its grandparents:  yellow, red, and white-to-light-pink.  These are reflected in a couple of my recent photos, again showing seedlings from a self pollinated 'QE' parent --

Photo taken:  June 22,  2016
Photo taken:  June 27,  2016

July 9, 2016

Mixed flora and fauna

There's never a dull moment out there in the back yard.  Slime mold has made an appearance for the second year in a row, but this time it's a bit larger (see my post of August 21, 2015 -- "Slime mold" is for real).  There it is below, next to my size 10 shoe, and not too far away from a rose bush crown.  And there it is again in a real scary close-up.

Photo taken:  July 7, 2016
 
Photo taken:  July 7, 2016

Not too scary is a bumble bee who stayed overnight on a conveniently open 5 petal rose bloom.  Have to give it credit because there was a tenth of an inch of rain last night.  It was just starting to move around when I took the photo at 9 o'clock this morning.

And it's time again to check the progress of the shade tolerant  'Red Galaxy' roses that I grew from cuttings and are now 2 years old.  Nine of them are quite content along the north side of the house.  The chicken in the background definitely qualifies as "fauna".

Photo taken:  July 9, 2016
Photo taken:  July 9, 2016