The later bloomers on the arbor

[trystinn]

Its mid-September and there's still some roses growing here. Whomever planted the garden did so with an amazing knowledge of seasonal blooms - its like a choreographed cascade of blooms, every week a new variety on another bush is blooming. And did so often, by planting roses with different blooming seasons right next to each other, so its a bit hard to figure out where exactly the blooms are coming from - ever try to follow a very prickly rose stem to its base?

I've noticed there's a certain parallel to this - a major note of strongly colored roses, usually larger in size, then a smaller more subtle colored rose.

Here's the minor note roses on the arbor:



I've been drying the clusters by hanging them in my kitchen but haven't quite had the motivation to cut down my last roses, I'm enjoying having roses when no one else around here as any!