New Mexico Roses: A Change Is Gonna Come

New Mexico roses

New Mexico Roses: A Change Is Gonna Come

New Mexico Roses: a change is definitely coming to the High Southwest Desert this weekend. The first cold front of the season is arriving in New Mexico, with unseasonably low temperatures and snow in some areas. This is a little early. The cold will not last long. But if the temperatures drop low enough, most of the roses will be close to the end for 2018. In this time of change, I offer a look back at some of the roses growing in New Mexico gardens, some mine and some of friends. All of these were photographed out of doors, as growing, in natural light. I groomed some of those in my garden. I did not groom roses growing elsewhere. You would not find those entered in a rose show. “It’s not what you look at, it’s what you see.” I saw beauty in all of these.

From My Garden

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David Clemons’ Miniflora Foolish Pleasure. One of David’s Earlier Creations, It Does Extremely Well in the High Desert.
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Gemini Macro. Note the Unfolding Spiral
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Route 66, a Shrub Rose. The White Eye and Colorful Stamens Are Striking.
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Spray of the Shrub Rose, Route 66
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Othello, a David Austin Shrub Rose
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Another Incognito Image That Does Not Fit Rose Show Guidelines, But Which I Use for Cards
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Incognito. I Could Not Enter This in a Rose Show Because of the Bud Form and “Detracting” Rain Drops. The Word Most Often Used by Non-Rosarians Is “Sensual”
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Mermaid Macro
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Mermaid, Hanging Down a Wall
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Sombreuil
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Photographed in the Garden, but Edited Later. I Also Use This for Cards.
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Chihuly. Photographed in the Garden, but Edited Later to Highlight the Relevance of the Name

From the Garden of Friends

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I Loved the Stamens on this Single Rose
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R foetida bicolor: “Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there” ~ Miles Davis
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A David Austin rose in friends’ garden

Change is on its way. I hope you have enjoyed a stroll through some New Mexico gardens with their roses. I have certainly enjoyed sharing them with you.

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