We are only allowed to use the sprinklers on Saturday for 5 minutes each cycle. That has to be done before 8:00 a.m. or after 5 p.m. We can water our flowers more than once a week, but not lawns.
This is my side yard where I have my hydrangea's. There are 5 there and should be blooming soon.
We haven't been getting much rain in So CA but, lots of snow and rain in Northern CA. That is where we get our water from. The weather man is predicting rain in the later part of the week. Time will tell. They haven't been too good at their predictions so far.
I wanted to show you my roses and the iris that have not changed colors. Notice some of the shadows from the sun. It was a beautiful day today. So please enjoy my garden.
Now back to the roses and the rest of the garden.
Waldo and Lili are watching everything that I do - such wonderful dogs. They are getting old, just like their mom.
Thanks so much for visiting my roses I know that they are happy to see you.
Please leave a comment so I can tell the roses what you said.
Guess what it is raining....... yea, yea, yea - I don't have to water Saturday and I can go any play.
Mary, Waldo and Lili
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Oh Mary, your garden flowers are outstanding! I just love visiting CA friends' gardens right now. I live in WV, zone 7a, and my gardens are just now coming alive. It will be another month before I see a first flush of roses, and my perennial irises in bloom, hydrangeas in June. Not only do your blooms look beautiful, but your leaves look nice and shiny, no black spot visible. I bet your neighbors comment positively a lot on your garden. Such an oasis! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks so much for stopping by Rita. Yes, the people that walk always make comments to me if I am out in the yard about how great them smell and how pretty.
ReplyDeleteDay before yesterday my previous mailman, Norman stopped by to see if I would cut some roses for his girl friend. So I got my clippers and went out and made a bouquet for him.
Today we are having some wonderful rain and it looks like the flowers are dancing.
Again, thanks for the sweet comments and have a super weekend. Hopefully it will warm up for you soon. My cousin in Roanoke is fussing that it's to darned cold there.
Mary
Oh wow, everything is so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Marty so much. I was just reading your post on makeup and will leave a comment on the post.
DeleteMy girlfriend gave me a long lesson about what mature women should be doing and so I am trying to get into the swing of it.
Thanks again for stopping by.
Mary
Mary your flowers are soo pretty. Ahhhhh to see such a lovely garden. Love seeing Lili and Waldo too. Very cute. Hugs my friend.
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Thanks so much Kris. It is always so good to hear from you. How is Cooper doing? I bet he just fit right in with the family. I am so ha[[y that you got a rescued dog, they are the best. Lili and Waldo said yes.....
ReplyDeleteHave a terrific weekend and I hope it warms up for you.
Hugs dear friend. Can hardly wait until you move into your new home.
Mary
Your roses and other flowers are beautiful. You have such a wonderful rainbow of colors. I have been trying to plant one David Austin Rose each year. At this rate it will take me a long time to have as many as I would like to. Each year I am attracted to a different color and variety of rose. I need to make a rose garden, and have all of my roses in one place, as my husband is getting tired of mowing around the different roses I have in placed in different locations in the yard.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by Susie. I do love my roses and have been planting for over 25 years now. I haven't purchase any new one for over three years. But, I do love the David Austin ones. I have about 10 of them and I especially love them because they have over 30 petals and the smell is wonderful. I like to get all colors and always look to see what is the new rose at the different Rose Nursery's.
DeleteAgain, thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend. We are getting some much needed rain.
Mary
The first bloom is always the best, especially when there was a little rain involved. Your roses are wonderful and your doggies real cutie pies. Little more rain today in sunny SoCal. The garden is much appreciative .
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by to see my Roses. Yes, the rain is wonderful and they are so happy with the rain.
DeleteHave a good weekend.
Mary
Hi Mary,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for giving us a tour of your garden!! Your roses are magnificent; so many colors and varieties. I'm a big fan of irises, and yours are lovely. :) I hope you'll post again when your hydrangeas bloom and share those with us, too.
I can appreciate all the hard work you put into making this garden so pretty, Mary. It's hard work! Waldo and Lili look so sweet -- it's hard to watch them get old, isn't it?
I enjoyed this post, Mary, and I hope you have a great weekend. Enjoy the rain!!
Hugs,
Denise
Thanks so much for stopping by to meet my roses. They are loving the rain.
DeleteI can hardly wait for my hydrangea's to bloom. The gardener that I let go really did a number on them and some are not doing to well. I really like to take care of them myself, but sometimes I am not able to get in the garden and do that. I will do a post then they are in bloom.
I also like to deadhead my roses, but again it's hard for me. If I am feeling good and can breath, I will take care of them myself.
So glad you like my babies, yes they are getting old just like their mom. They are the best.
Have a good weekend, we are getting much needed rain. Yea, Yea, Yea
Mary
Mary Your Garden and Your roses aré beautiful Lili and waldo so cure love them!!
ReplyDeleteHace nice day
Blessing
Isora
XO
So glad that you stopped by Isora to meet my roses. We are getting rain and they are loving it, it's almost like they are dancing LOL.
DeleteSo glad that you like my babies, Waldo and Lili. They are such good dogs.
Have a wonderful weekend. We are getting much needed rain.
Hugs,
Mary
Your roses are so pretty and I'm amazed by the number of blooms on each plant. Your fertilizer seems to be paying off. The irises are beautiful too. It won't be long until ours are blooming here in North Carolina. I am looking forward to it. Cute little garden helpers you have there :).
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by to meet my helpers and my roses. We are getting much needed rain and the roses are loving it. The dogs not so much, they are taking a nap.
DeleteI use Miracle Grow about every 6 weeks and some chicken manure. I do have good dirt here, so that also helps.
Have a wonderful weekend and again thanks for stopping by.
Mary
Hydrangeas and Iris are my favorites, so much to love here and to anticipate. And lest the roses should feel ignored please tell them that your Michigan friend can't grow them to save her soul and she is much impressed!
ReplyDeleteThanks so stopping by Jeanie and loving my garden. It has been a long love affair and I only wish I could do more, but age has caught up with me.
DeleteThe dogs and I love to be in the back yard gardens and relax and see all the beautiful roses in bloom.
Sorry that you have a problem growing roses. My mother had them in Ohio and we lived right by the Lake. She always did a hard pruning and mulched them over in the Fall and they always came back next Spring.
Have a terrific weekend. We are getting some much needed rain.
Mary
Mary, Thank you so much for the tour of your beautiful garden roses🌹!! You have some many different varieties and you know the names!! I love all the Iris photos and the arches with flowers too!! I'm so happy that it is raining in San Diego! The flowers just love it and now I don't have to water. Yay!!! Have a wonderful weekend relaxing and enjoying your gorgeous garden 🌺 Hugs, Jody
ReplyDeleteP.S. Tell Waldo and Lily hello from our Lab, Maggie ♥ Hugs, Jody
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your wonderful comments Jody. I feel very honored that you liked the garden as your's is the best.
DeleteMy roses and I are loving the rain and it looks like they are so happy. I'm with you no watering, yea.
Waldo and Lili send regards to Maggie.
Have a great weekend with our rain.
Hugs,
Mary
Dear Mary, Waldo and Lili,
ReplyDeleteWow with your watering restrictions you must find it very difficult odds to achieve the beauty you have in your lovely pretty gardens. Beautiful!
xoxo,
Vera
Thanks for stopping by Vera. Yes, it is challenging taking care of my roses and flowers with a watering restriction. I save as much as I can.
DeleteHave a wonderful week.
Hugs,'
Mary
Hi Mary! Oh, I wish I could be visiting you right now with your beautiful sunshiny weather! It's snowing here again tonight! ;) Thank for your visit and we are so thankful that Carter is getting better. God is so good. Have a great weekend and you know I always love it when you come by.
ReplyDeleteBe a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
How nice of you to stop by and leave such sweet comments on my gardens. I am so glad that Carter is doing so well. Carter is a beautiful little girl and the apple of your eye.
DeleteTake care of that knee and don't over do. Have a wonderful week.
Mary
Let your roses know that I think they are absolutely gorgeous! But don't tell them that I also said, I'd come to visit Waldo and Lili because they are just too cute! Have a blessed week! Cindy xo
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by Cindy. Waldo and Lili love company and are so happy to see and meet new friends.
DeleteI am so glad that you like my roses, they are a labor of love.
Have a wonderful week. Are you getting any rain? We didn't get all that the weatherman said we would. They never get it right. LOL
Hugs,
Mary
Wow, Mary! Your garden is spectacular! Glad you are getting the rain that you need. We had a very early spring here in NJ, and tomorrow it is going to snow!
ReplyDeleteThanks so stopping by, No, we are getting ALL the rain that they said we would get. They never seem to get it right. Hopefully you will get your Spring soon.
DeleteMary
It's so beautiful. Are you going to get a rain barrel? Around here, some gutter people do them. I don't have one, but I do have the pipe directed to the area where there are plants with no irrigation or sprinklers. I might build one someday, but I wanted to make sure the gutters we had put on really worked before proceding. xoxo Su
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by Su. No, I don't have a rain barrel and only have 2 gutters on the whole house. One over the front porch, which is probably full of leaves. That one goes into the fron rose garden. The other one is on the back patio and I have the two flowing into the flowers beds that don't get the sprinklers. The rest I hand water with hose or sprinkler cans that I have saved water in. So I am delighted when I don't have to drag the hose around and water.
DeleteAre you getting any of this rain? Have a great week.
Hugs,
Mary
Yes, we are getting the rain. It rained two or three times this past week. It rained really hard on Sunday, and there was some flooding on the streets, but it quickly resolved. I have only one gutter on my home. We put it on. People just don't have them, because it doesn't rain enough, however when it does, we didn't want it collecting near the house in one spot. xoxo Su
DeleteYes, we are getting the rain. It rained two or three times this past week. It rained really hard on Sunday, and there was some flooding on the streets, but it quickly resolved. I have only one gutter on my home. We put it on. People just don't have them, because it doesn't rain enough, however when it does, we didn't want it collecting near the house in one spot. xoxo Su
DeleteHow lovely! It has been really cold here, so nothing is blooming other than the trees, and they are now past it, or have suffered from loss of blossoms in the extremely high winds that we are also having. Thanks for sharing pictures of your colorful garden.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you liked my gardens. They have been a challenge with the water restrictions, but thank goodness they look spectacular this Spring.
DeleteHave a great week.
Mary
I really enjoyed seeing your roses and irises. We're having a very cold spring in Brittany so everything in the garden is very late. I don't have any roses, nor even buds yet, so seeing yours was a delight!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your comments. Hopefully your Spring will be warmer soon and your flowers will be in full bloom.
DeleteHave a great week.
Mary
Mary, your roses are beautiful! I had to prune my roses because of the spots on the leaves and even prune the branches, so I don't have any roses right now. I'm waiting for them to bloom again. Do you think they will this spring? That archway with the roses is so lovely. And your Iris' are looking nice too. Oh, those yellow and pink ones are such a pretty color. I think my yellow ones are a bit too bright. And you know which ones are my favorite. Yes, your RED roses made my heart sing. Thanks for sharing your garden with us today, Mary.
ReplyDeletelove, ~Sheri
Thanks so much Sheri for your sweet comments. I am sure your roses will bloom again. Do you feed them often? I use Miracle Grow about every 6 weeks, which really makes them grow and the roses are bigger. I have a David Austin Rose bush at the side of my patio and it must have over 100 buds on it and the smell is heaven.
DeleteI picked two big bunches of roses and brought them into the house - oh the smell was wonderful.
Again, thanks for stopping by and have a great week.
Hugs,
Mary
Mary,
ReplyDeleteO MY!! Such beauty right outside your door!! How lucky you are to have such a beautiful garden and the roses are spectacular!!
Thanks so much for stopping by and for taking the time to leave such a sweet comment!!
Hugs,
Debbie
So glad that you liked my garden and that you got to meet my roses. They love when people stop by and smell them.
DeleteHave a a terrific week.
Hugs,
Mary
Beautiful garden! Love those pretty irises!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by to see my roses.
DeleteHave a great week.
Mary
Hi Mary! I'm sure you're cutting some of those beautiful roses and bringing them inside! I just love the smells. Thank you so much for popping in to see me. One day I'm going to have to stop buying milk glass. At least I have a big basement and shelves! ;) Thanks always, Mary, for popping in to see me.
ReplyDeletebe a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Thanks for stopping by Shelia. I picked two big bunches of roses in all colors make such pretty bouquets and the smell was wonderful.
DeleteHave a great week.
Hugs,
Mary
All your neighbours must pop by to smell and admire..I noticed YOU are the gardener:) Beautiful Mary..an arch and roses?♥
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by to see my roses. They are always so happy when people pop by and want to have some.
DeleteHave a great week.
Mary
Your rose gardens and iris are surely presenting glorious blooms for you and your neighbors! I love Iris-well roses too, but iris just seem like Spring to me.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful.
Have a lovely week,
Jemma
thanks so much for stopping by Jemma. the roses are always so happy to have people stop by and see them.
DeleteHave a lovely week too.
Mary
Hi Mary, Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and leaving your kind and sweet comment. I am doing well. I have been so busy with "life" that I haven't traveled around blogville very much and left comments. It was good to visit you and catch up with your beautiful posts. I am absolutely jealous of your beautiful roses!!! I have got to get some planted in my tiny, tiny condo yard. You yard and flowers are so pretty. What a great space to spend time, but looking at the beautiful roses. Hopefully Southern Cal can get some rain this year. The storms have been hitting Northern Cal. They usually end up in Utah. We have finally had some snow and rain. I read all your previous posts and it sounds like you stay busy. That is good. I marvel at how much you can get accomplished. So good to re-connect with you. Keep in touch. Hugs, Karie
ReplyDeleteOh Karie, I am so happy to hear from you and your wonderful comments. I was getting worried about you. So glad that you are busy and enjoying life.
DeleteWe aren't getting much rain, but they are up North.
Hope you enjoy the rest of your week.
Hugs,
Mary
Your roses are wonderful and I love that you have arranged them in curved beds.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!
I have never seen an Eden rose- it is lovely.
Apparently they are thriving on once a week watering.
Aren't roses amazing?
Thanks so much for stopping by Laura. I love the Eden Roses, they are beautiful, but no smell. They also have a red Eden also.
DeleteHave a nice week.
Mary
Your garden looks lovely with beautiful colorful flowers. I think it would be nice to live in between these flowers. It would be like a farm house. You have lots of flowering plants around your house...
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by to visit my roses. It's almost time to deadhead again, so that they will keep blooming.
DeleteHave a nice week.
Mary
For not much water your garden is so beautiful. I'm in Oklahoma and we couldn't even get a shovel into the ground until yesterday after it rained. I'm your newest follower. Looking forward to more of your garden posts.
ReplyDeleteFor not much water your garden is so beautiful. I'm in Oklahoma and we couldn't even get a shovel into the ground until yesterday after it rained. I'm your newest follower. Looking forward to more of your garden posts.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your sweet comments. I am so glad that you will be following me. I will going over to your blog right now and signing up to read yours.
DeleteHave a wonderful rest of the week.
Mary
Very nice!
ReplyDeleteI live in Las Vegas, and we've had water restrictions here for years. The water district even drives around and gives tickets if you are violating the rules.
Our beds have drip irrigation for watering. I don't know if you have drip, but I highly recommend it. It cuts out so much water use, as well as weeds.
So glad you pointed out your Eden rsoe. One of my readers entioned one and I wasn't sure on the color. Thaks for sharing!
I had that a long time ago and when that broke I put into the beds soaker hoses and that seems to work well. I think with more rain than usual it really helped the roses. Not that we got what we need. I did lose a few roses bushes and I am not going to replace them.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by. I have three Eden roses bushes and one red Eden bush. I like the blush one better than the red one.
Have a great day.
Mary
Hi Mary. I'm so glad I got to visit your roses. They certainly are beautiful and put the finishing touch on your garden, along with everything else of beauty. Waldo and Lili fit in that category too as do you!..Hope you are having a wonderful week and enjoy the rain. We should be getting more soon..xxo Judy
ReplyDeleteMary, what a gorgeous profusion of flowers. I enjoyed my tour of your beautiful garden. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteOh my how beautiful. I dropped by to find your contact info and was immediately drawn in by your beautiful roses. Amazing Dianne
ReplyDeleteOh my how beautiful. I dropped by to find your contact info and was immediately drawn in by your beautiful roses. Amazing Dianne
ReplyDeleteMary, your Spring garden is a picture!
ReplyDeleteI'm a great rose lover and I especially love the Heritage roses - these are the ones that David Austin uses as breeding stock.
I have Eden rose growing over an arch in my garden (over here we call it Pierre de Ronsard). It has exquisite blooms I just wish it had a perfume too!
I bought two new David Austins this year, Munstead Wood which I'm loving, it is a deep velvety red with a great perfume, it's only drawback is it has awful thorns.
The other is Tamora an apricot pink, sadly it is not happy in my garden. (we do seem to get all the neighbourhood cats using our garden as their bathroom, maybe that has something to do with it - I wish I could keep them away)!
Anyway getting back to Tamora, I'll fertilise her now and give her one more season in the garden and if that doesn't work I'll transfer her to a terracotta pot for some special TLC and see what happens.
I love a mixed bowl of roses of all colours, sizes and shapes!
I'm also fond of Irises as companion plants for roses and I'm buying a couple more each year - they are expensive here otherwise I would really splash out!
My eye is on your bearded irises - they are beautiful Mary.
It must be difficult for you with watering restrictions - I imagine you save your water from the kitchen to put on the garden.
I also have hydrangeas through my garden and they just go on and on with very little care.
Waldo and Lili look like they're great gardening companions - they must love being out there with you!
I live in New Zealand so we are in Autumn (Fall) now and my garden is winding down and preparing for winter. Our climate is temperate so we don't get snowfalls, just cold temps down to 3 degrees at the lowest. Other parts of the country have snow through winter.
I loved your posts today!
Shane
Oh Shane, thank you so much for your lovely comments. I am so glad that you liked my post. As you can tell I love my roses and gardens and would stay out there all day if my age would let me. Today, I was out with my walker since I threw my back out and can hardly walk, deadheading my roses and left piles for the gardener. The neighbors must have thought I was NUTS LOL. I don't let the dogs out front or I would be chasing them all the way to the park.
DeleteI love my David Austin roses and most of them smell so good.
I save the water from the shower. It takes a little while for it to get hot so I just put that into a bucket that I keep in the shower and then take it to the garden.
We thought that we would be getting El Nino, but it didn't come South, it stayed up in Northern CA, but hopefully we will still get some.
I was in New Zealand about 40 years ago when I worked in the Hotel industry. We went to Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. I loved it there, everything was so pretty. I believed we went in September.
I have signed up to follow your blog and will be reading all your posts. How lucky that you get to visit France and visit your granddaughters. France is on my Bucket List.
Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by.
Mary
Wow, your roses are stunning, Mary! They are all so beautiful, it is hard to pick a favorite! If I had to, I would say the pretty ones on your trellis. And your irises are beautiful, too! Mine should start blooming around the end of May. You have such a green thumb,so glad you got some much needed rain! Hi to Waldo and Lili, love their sweet pics.
ReplyDeleteI was so happy to hear from you. I am so happy that you got Molly. I know that no other dog will take Katie's place in your heart but, Molly will be worming her way in very soon. She is so darling and I wish I could hold her and take in that puppy smell.
Deletei am glad that you liked my roses. Even with the drought they were so beautiful this year. Today i was out in the front garden deadheading my roses using my walker as I threw my back out and can hardly walk. Tomorrow I go to the DR. I do to many things that I shouldn't.
So glad to hear from you Donna. Take care and give that little Molly a hug and kiss from me.
Hugs dear friend,
Mary
Your garden is spectacular!
ReplyDeleteWe get our water right here in Ventura County from Lake Casitas and with the little amount of rain we received this year, the lake isn't looking good.
One day I will pop in and visit your garden.
Your welcome anytime, just give me a call and I will be here.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend. It looks like it's going to be hot and windy.
Mary
Hi Mary! Thank you so much for coming by and sharing in the joy about our little Carter! I wanted you to know we actually have had a beautiful sunny weekend!
ReplyDeleteYou're always a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Hello Mary,
ReplyDeleteWow, I am in love with all your gorgeous flowers. Your garden has certainly blessed you this year. The roses and the irises are stunning. I don't have such pretty blooms yet but I am anxiously waiting for mine. Your yellow rose stole my heart. I hope that you get plenty of rain for your garden nary.
Say hello to Waldo and Lilli.
So glad you stopped by. It is always wonderful to hear from you sweet friend.
Blessings,
Janet
rosemary-thyme.blogspot.com
That's so much for your sweet comments. So glad that you like my garden and fur babies.
DeleteBe patient and your garden will be stunning too.
Have a great weekend.
Hugs,
Mary
Hello Mary, I'm so sorry I missed this post! Wow your roses and garden are just beautiful. I like how Waldo and Lily watch you in the garden. The cat is adorable too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your lovely garden. Enjoy the weekend.
Hugs, Julie xo
So glad that you liked my gardens.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend.
Hugs,
Mary
Oh WOW, I am mesmerized by your garden, just absolutely beautiful. And those two cuties Walso and Lili are just too sweet. I'm going to grab some tea and browse around all over your blog for the rest of the evening. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Teresa from Magazine Your Home
Oops I meant WALDO hehe.
ReplyDeleteOops I meant WALDO hehe.
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