More roses

I was going to update on the rest of the garden roses when they reached their peak but got too busy and now they are just going past their best.

I decided to do this post before they went over completely, starting from the arches and working my way up to the chicken run.

Rose over the arches

We have now trimmed off the long branch on the left of the photo as it was spoiling the shape.

Close up

This was once a standard rose

This rose was a gift for my fiftieth birthday (six years ago) and was originally a standard but we have let it get a bit wilder. I quite like the more natural look but we have actually pruned it already this year as it was getting a bit out of hand. This rose continues to flower until the first frosts usually in October or November.

The rose next to the chicken run

This rose gets huge

A bit closer

Close up

My husband has been tying this rose back today as it takes over but it is really thorny and doing anything with it is a painful job. It was one of the few things already in this garden when we moved in nine years ago and it does make a good screen from the neighbours.

I have never had many roses in previous gardens but roses seem to like this garden. In fact this garden has more roses than any other garden we have ever had so I thought that I should celebrate them.