Category: Flowering Plants

These pictures of seven sisters rose were taken earlier this month. It has been raining almost daily since it’s monsoon season. Fortunately the seven sisters does not suffer so much except for the attack of thrips and occasionally blackspot fungus on the leaves. This was taken right after the...

I bought this wonderful yellow rose plant in May 2012. Ever since then it has bloomed quite profusely. I am not sure what kind of rose the plant is, even the real ID is unknown. The other rose lovers I know call it Lemon Sonata. So for the sake...

I bought this in May but only able to write about it in September. It’s called Clair Martin rose. I think it belongs to modern shrub rose family. The color of the blooms is pink. It has a very sweetly scented blooms which are semi double. Continous flowering, healthy...

I found this picture of yellow flowers taken in May 2012. I think it is cosmos but after reading description on cosmos, I realized that my cosmos have smaller petals and very different structure of leaves. I planted it from seed given by a friend. However due to my...

I bought seven sisters rose about 3 months ago, main reason because of the multiple blooms and its sweet fragrant. Here is some info taken from countrysideroses.com: Seven Sisters (Rosa multiflora f. platyphylla) Class: Hybrid Multiflora, Climber Bloom: Medium pink Size: 10 – 20 ft. tall Introduced: 1817 The...

I have written about my red china doll in the previous entry – Polyantha Rose-China Doll Red. Recently my china doll pink has bloom profusedly. These are some of the picture I managed to take. Check out other varieties of polyantha rose at Santa Clarita Valley Rose Society website...

When I first bought this rose plant, the local rose lovers said the name is Dcarpet. The petals are bright velvety red, like a thick carpet. Later on I found out that its exhibition name is Lavaglut. Info taken from helpmefind.com: Dark red Floribunda. Registration name: KORlech Exhibition name:...

I have been planning to get this plant for so long since the first time I saw it bloomed profusely few years ago in one of my friend’s neighborhood. I finally bought it in Floria 2011. At first I planted it in pot and somehow it didn’t grow well....

I just found out that China Doll in red color that I already have in my garden belongs to polyantha family, the same family as Yvonne Rabier. The one that I bought came from Thailand and was grafted, thus the look like a rose tree. The normal, non grafted...

Taken from helpmefind.com: White, near white or white blend Polyantha. Registration name: Yvonne Rabier Bred by Eugène Turbat & Compagnie (France, 1910). Polyantha. White, light yellow undertones. Moderate fragrance. Medium, double (17-25 petals), in large clusters bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. Short. Dense foliage. Height of...