Usually I am pretty reluctant to cut roses for bringing indoors and prefer to enjoy them in the garden, but with the summer heat upon us, things have changed a little. A rose bloom that is lovely in the early morning easily is fried by noon, so by cutting them and bringing them into the air conditioned house I actually prolong their life and have a better chance to appreciate their beauty up close.
So on Thursday last week I went out with the secateurs and came across these two flowers of rosa 'Bewitched'. All I needed to do is putting them in a simple glass vase and place them on the mantle of our fireplace and they brightened up my day.
The blooms of 'Bewitched' are ideal for cutting, if you like the classic Hybird Tea rose flower form.
Almost each bloom of this rose comes out perfectly and has the great damask fragrance, that I love so much.
A day later on Friday, the roses looked like this. They were so much more open and had reached the perfect stage. I was surprised how fast they unfolded even in the air conditioned house, but we don't turn up the air condition very high, so our house does get warm.
...and very elegant blooms.
I got such a ridiculous amount of joy out of these two roses, that I had to share them with you. They are still sitting on the mantle today, but are fading beauties by now. Considering the pleasure that they brought me, I intend to change my attitude and cut some roses for indoors more often.
Talking about this, it reminds me that Cathy from the blog Rambling in the Garden each week on Monday encourages people to go out into their gardens and cut some flowers for the house. My roses are cut last week Thursday, but I hope she and the other participants of this meme don't mind. Because of my work I am never able to cut flowers, photograph and do a blog post about them within a day. So today I take my chances and will take part in this meme for the first time.
I am off now to Cathy's blog to see what she has in her vase today and also admire the creations of the other participants of this meme. Would you like to follow me? Please click on the link above or below this post.
Wishing my American readers a happy 4th of July!
See you in the Garden!
Christina
So on Thursday last week I went out with the secateurs and came across these two flowers of rosa 'Bewitched'. All I needed to do is putting them in a simple glass vase and place them on the mantle of our fireplace and they brightened up my day.
The blooms of 'Bewitched' are ideal for cutting, if you like the classic Hybird Tea rose flower form.
Almost each bloom of this rose comes out perfectly and has the great damask fragrance, that I love so much.
Rosa 'Bewitched' has a lovely shade of clear pink, that is not garish in any way, just soft and feminine...
...and very elegant blooms.
I got such a ridiculous amount of joy out of these two roses, that I had to share them with you. They are still sitting on the mantle today, but are fading beauties by now. Considering the pleasure that they brought me, I intend to change my attitude and cut some roses for indoors more often.
Talking about this, it reminds me that Cathy from the blog Rambling in the Garden each week on Monday encourages people to go out into their gardens and cut some flowers for the house. My roses are cut last week Thursday, but I hope she and the other participants of this meme don't mind. Because of my work I am never able to cut flowers, photograph and do a blog post about them within a day. So today I take my chances and will take part in this meme for the first time.
I am off now to Cathy's blog to see what she has in her vase today and also admire the creations of the other participants of this meme. Would you like to follow me? Please click on the link above or below this post.
Wishing my American readers a happy 4th of July!
See you in the Garden!
Christina
I am linking to
In a Vase on Monday - Rambling in the Garden
Bernideen's Tea Time, Cottage and Garden
Friday-Flowerday - Holunderbluetchen
Saturday Show Off - Rose Garden Malevik
Bernideen's Tea Time, Cottage and Garden
Friday-Flowerday - Holunderbluetchen
Saturday Show Off - Rose Garden Malevik
