'Saint Exupery' is a lavender hybrid tea rose named after the author of "The Littl Prince."Each
blossom has an intoxicating perfume.
Before there were hybrid teas, there were tea roses, meant to be enjoyed fully open. This is
'Monsieur Tiller' which was introduced into the rose world in 1891.
Technically these are pelargoniums but in the U.S. they're more commonly known as geraniums. The dark
burgundy is a zonal, the lavender is an ivy geranium.
'Purezza' (The Pearl) is a Banksia rose hybrid from Italy with pompom white flowers that cover
the vines in spring.
A florist's cineraria, usually used for winter color, is still blooming in our cool spring.
Late blooming azalea has striking dark pink highlights on a light pink trumpet.
Nasturtiums are now naturalized in the rose bed and reseed themselves every spring.
We'll have some strawberries soon (if the neighbor kids don't pick them first)!
A new bonsai joins our small collection. This is a brace of four miniature pomegranate trees,
and later this year they'll bloom and provide fruit.
'Papa Hemeray' celebrates its 100th anniversary of its debut in 1912. This small china rose
grows no more than three feet, ideal for the front border.
When this azalea blooms, you can't help but think of peppermints.
'Altissimo' is a vibrant red single-flowered climber, here cut back to a large shrub.
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