Along with some antique garden ornaments.If your wondering what the name of these beauties. They are called Iceberg and they're bloom in our garden for at least 10 months out of the year here in Calif.
I don't even need to prune them during the winter. If they get to big I just give them a light trim. The bees seem to luv them too.
I planted them around this antique urn one of a pair. They are 19Th century and are cast iron. I planted some boxwood as a border surrounding the roses near our pool. So if you want a reliable white rose for a white garden try this beauty. And during the full moon she just glows with the moonlight along with other white flowers and garden furniture that is painted white.
This antique cast iron gate is also 19Th century. The dealer I bought it from had told us it was from New Orleans. But I think that might have been a story to spice it up some who knows.
It's a pretty gate and dose just fine in our garden. There is a sunflower in the middle of the gate. And on the top of the gate there are Fleur De Li's.
This gate Leeds you to a new area in the back that has a round flower bed planted with more Iceberg roses, which are boarded with white Allsun. But I am thinking of using something else this fall. Hopefully soon the Texas privet bushes in the background will grow quick to make a wall for a new garden room. I'm still trying to get a new flower border along the fence that will take a lot of sun in this area to complete this room.
This gate Leeds you to a new area in the back that has a round flower bed planted with more Iceberg roses, which are boarded with white Allsun. But I am thinking of using something else this fall. Hopefully soon the Texas privet bushes in the background will grow quick to make a wall for a new garden room. I'm still trying to get a new flower border along the fence that will take a lot of sun in this area to complete this room.
Dear Julian, I do so agree 'Iceberg' is an absolute winner of a rose - free flowering and disease resistant - and particularly effective as the light goes of an evening. I very much like your vase encircled by the roses above the box.
ReplyDeleteYour garden sounds most interesting. I particularly enjoy gardens which are formally structured, divided into 'rooms' which, in themselves, contain informal, romantic planting. I do look forward to hearing your plans for your new, sunny border.
Hello Julian!
ReplyDeleteNice to see your beautiful white post! I'm back but my brain is still on vacation...your wonderfuul roses and the charming details of your garden are perfect to lift up my mood...I'm back to work!
A nice week!
Vale
Thanks Julian! I will have to look for Iceburg roses, I usually don't have much luck with roses, this year the japanese beetles got to them and unfortunately I am not nearly the gardener you are. I really want to plant some boxwood too, and I love how you have it border your roses. Your garden is as always so beautiful! Thanks for stopping by, I always love it when you do! Theresa xoxo
ReplyDeletelOVE your garden gate:) And those Roses have just been put on my list for Spring. Have a great week.
ReplyDelete~Debra
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Your roses are beautiful. They look great around that urn. The gate is really cool. What a find.
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ReplyDeleteSydney - City and Suburbs
Your pictures of the garden are lovely. LOVE the roses, the gate, the urn, and everything in your photos. Great blog too!
ReplyDeleteDebbie@houseatthelake
What a pretty and interesting garden you have! I enjoyed visiting--white roses are my favorite!
ReplyDeleteHi Julian, Your roses are beautiful surrounding the urn. You lucky California gardners have the weather to enjoy the roses almost year round. I am envious.
ReplyDeleteFondly, Sherry
Love the garden-especially the gate!
ReplyDeleteHi Julian ~ What a gorgeous garden you have - That urn and gate are just perfect!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou have a charming garden!
ReplyDeleteYour garden is so charming....Lovely!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Virginia
Love your garden and your gate!
ReplyDeleteJody
Hi Julian,
ReplyDeleteI love your Iceberg Roses, they are beautiful. I would love to grow roses, but have never really had any luck with them. Love the details on your wrought iron gate.
~ Tracy
Hi Julian,
ReplyDeleteYour garden is looking fabulous, you'll be a slave to pruning that hedge before you know it :-))) Love that wrought iron gate... I would love to find some iron pieces for my garden but they are hard to come by here. You gave me a jaw dropping moment whe you said roses for 10 months!!! I am JEALOUS!!!!
Bella
Julian, your garden is beautiful! How enjoyable it would be to sit out there with a cup of coffee in the morning and read. Thank you for sharing...Diane
ReplyDeleteA beautiful garden with just the right touch of vintage gates and ornaments.
ReplyDeleteI'm Baaaack! I just wanted to say KUDOS to you for taking the time to recycle other peoples stuff to create the beauty in your garden. I love that! Definitely other peoples trash becomes your treasure! Theresa xoxo
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to see someone who actually got pretty icebergs. Mine never grew and hardly bloomed. We ripped them out (so sad). Thanks for your post.
ReplyDeletePlease stop by to check out our new Giveaway Friday linky party every Friday. Jane F.
What a lovely garden you have! I have iceberg roses growing in my garden and love them, too. That iron gate is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteHappy belated WW!
~ Jo :)
I may have to look into the Iceberg, very pretty.
ReplyDeleteThe Iceberg flowers are stunning, and to have something blooming for 10 months out of the year?!? Wow, that is wonderful! I love the rusty iron gates! So beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed Labor Day weekend,
Nancy
A beautiful garden, love the gate. They are passage markers to wonderful finds in the garden. Take care
ReplyDeleteI adore your garden gate!! And your urn too! Going to have to find a place to put an Iceberg rose! Just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteHave a happy and safe Labor Day weekend!
*hugs*deb
I am so happy to find your blog via Tootsie and Fertilizer Friday! You have a jaw-dropping, awesome garden! Love all the wrought iron pieces, we have a bunch of urns and lots of wrought iron things too, but they aren't antiques, with the exception of one lovely urn we found at a scrapyard decades ago. My husband is great at welding and has made some gates and trellises and house ornamentation over the years, but nothing matches the allure of the old pieces. Your gates add so much to the gardens, just that special, perfect touch. Thank you for sharing your private paradise!
ReplyDeleteThe combination of roses and iron is beautiful. You've done a great job Julian.
ReplyDeleteIceberg is one of my favorite white roses. It's really a strong grower. How lucky you are to live in a climate where you get that much bloom time.
ReplyDeleteOne of my new discoveries this year was a rose called Julia Child recommended by a customer. Palish yellow with the greatest habit I've ever seen. It looked like a catalog picture...crazy!
xx
Carole
How lovely. I, too, love the Iceberg rose bush. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat pretty pictures and the gate is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteJust so beautiful. Love that urn and the gate - such chippy beauty!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. I am hosting a 50 dollar CSN Giveaway on my blog. I would love for you to stop by. Thanks Anu!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness that antique gate simply took my breath away and your flowers are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Olivia
Your yard is beautiful with everything blooming. Love what you did with the hillside!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your gardens! I could spend hours there!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Maryjane