Sugar-coasted Rose Hip

Frosty edging in the garden.

Mossy Rose Gall

A wasp did this to a rose bush. The sample showed up this week in the Ada County Master Gardener lab, so be on the lookout for this in your home roses. The gall is caused by Diplolepis spinosa, a cynipid gall wasp. The story is a bit disgusting. The wasps lay their eggs in the stem and the newly-hatched larvae grow inside until they are adults. The plant is tricked into growing the gall to house the babies, stealing nutrients from the plant. A lot of galls can kill the rose. Insecticides aren't an option because they don't work. The galls have to be picked off and disposed of. Check for galls that may have fallen from the plant in autumn. 

Orange Rose Survivor

I've enjoyed roses in the landscaping for years, but my enjoyment is tempered this year by the loss of so many plants to bacterial cane disease. I also know that eventually, I'll probably lose them all - except for the mini roses, which seem impervious to the disease.

Yellow Rose Survivor

Another rose that has survived the bacterial cane blight curse.

A Dead Rose to Me

My sweet lavender rose was another victim of bacterial cane blight. I thought maybe one cane had survived, but as you can see, it was a a root stock cane. At least it's giving me some interesting color in that corner of the yard.

Yellow Rose with Just One Cane

All but one cane on this rose bush was lost to bacterial cane blight this year. But I'm happy to see this precious rose this morning.

Pink English Rose

I don't have many roses left, after bacterial rose cane blight hit my plants. But this pink English rose is still thriving.

Another Autumn Bright

This one also caught my eye as appearing more intense in our cooler weather. (please ignore those nasty aphids)

Last Blast of Color

This is the last one, and it's already been touched by frost.

Faded Rose

I'm no longer dead-heading the roses, so now there are some new interesting colors to see as they change and fade.

Princess Diana Rose

Highly fragrant and fancy.

Orange Rose

The orange roses in my garden are my favorites! This one is especially nice :)

Peachy Pink Rose

One of my rose garden stand-outs.

Peachy-Keen Rose

I've always been partial to orange-y peachy roses.

Rose Arbor

How nice to walk through the gate into the backyard with the sweet scent of these roses.

Climbing Rose: "Blaze of Glory"

The climbing roses over the front arbor are on their first blooming round. This is a Blaze of Glory rose. Great color, mild scent.

Wind Damaged Climbing Rose

This climbing rose cane didn't survive some recent big wind.

Naturally Dried Rose

Dried from a yellowish-red to a natural sepia tone.

Frozen Rose

A sprinkling of snow is on this frozen rose.

Freeze-Dried Blaze of Glory

Looking up into one of the arbors, I spied this freeze-dried blaze of glory rose bloom.