u/FlirtyLeigh

I was rinsing a coffee cup this morning, looking out of my kitchen window, and saw an angle that never crossed my mind to photograph.

In my pictures from this season, I took a lot of pics head on from the border’s edge.

In my old garden I’ve accidentally planted smaller things behind bigger things and shrugged it off as a part of the “3D experience”. Hand-me-down divided clumps usually start off the same height. Stand somewhere else and it might peek through. Very laissez-faire.

But I never thought to step into the mulch, straddling the Russian sage, to point and shoot.

Immortality (with stucco wall)
Black is Back (with stucco wall again)
Immortality and Black is Back (with the same spot on the same wall 🙄)
Black is Back, Sarah Bernhardt (peony leaves), Gold Heart (bleeding heart) … 🤯

It’s amazing seeing the punchline to “this is where you live now” come to life in a photo.

Maybe about 10 - 15 years ago I got some Crown Princess Margareta shrubs. One of my favorite features of the rose was the whisper of salmon pink mixed with that vibrant apricot. I feel like I distinctly remember "salmon pink" being mentioned in the descriptions.

Fast forward to now, I've moved and left my beloved shrub behind. I have a CPM climber on order now, so I'm naturally excited for a wall full or roses...eventually. My previous CPM wasn't lucky enough to be so vigorous of a grower to think about climbing, even after 10 years.

But I'm not seeing any mention of "salmon pink" in any of the descriptions on David Austin or Heirloom Roses website. Pictures that I'm seeing online are distinctly apricot. No pink whispers. Videos I've seen on YouTube are all about an apricot-orange colored rose. Not a single mention of the pink.

Climbing aside, is this a different rose now?

Gardens are 3D