Julia Child, what can I say...she's a winner!

This one is a mini mystery rose that has been tentatively ID as Julie Link

The ubiquitous Knock Out.

I just got this one last month and I'm CRAZY aboout it, Koko Loco.

Lady Bren, a pretty pink and white mini. Has nice form and is a good bloomer.

Love, is doing better since I moved it out into the sun.

Little Sir Echo is a great mini garden work horse. Pumps out a lot of bloom!

Another one of the mystery minis from QVC with a possible ID if Lavender Jewel.

Thanks for the visual treat!

Christina

Thanks, Jim! I got JC last year and it spent the winter in a pot. It did very well and came out of winter storage green to the tips. It's been planted now into the new bed and it never missed a beat from the transplant. No wilt at all and kept blooming the whole time. It gives a huge spring flush like the one above and then there seems to be at least one or two blooms open at all times the rest of the summer. The blooms do fade some as they age be do not go anywhere near white. They maintain a softer yellow color. Hardly any black spot at all except for a few leaves at the very bottom and no powdery mildew on it ever. And I'd have to say that I've never seen any JBs on it and it's close to my Golden Wings that the JBs just devoured.

JASMINA Wet weather caused browning this year. Too much sun to capture bloom detail here.

Hey, Mantis does your Laguna have strong scent or not??? Thanks! I'm looking for a very vigorous pink that stays pink without bleaching to white. But fragrance is crucial or it's gonna be murdered, lol!

Thanks, mantis! I always shoot with the macro on and usually zoom in to frame the bloom the way I want. That's how I get a lot of the black and blurred out backgrounds. I also use the fill flash all the time. It eliminates some of the shadowing on the blooms. But I don't use the auto setting. On another forum a few years back a really great photographer posted a series of photo workshops. He really taught me a lot. He stated that he always shoots his photos a little dark because you can always brighten them but an over exposed photo is hopeless. I use the program setting and stop down one, or two if it's really bright out. This year I've been playing with the full manual setting too. I'm trying to get better reds that down't flare out at you. I haven't perfected it but I think it's getting better. Sometimes I'll take 10 pictures of the same bloom with different settings to see which one comes out best! That's the best way to learn. Experiment with you own camera and see what works for you. And you don't need a really expensive camera to do it. The camera I learned all this on was a very cheap point and shoot Fuji. All it had was a macro setting and a 3X zoom. Just go out and play with the settings and see what you get. Take a sheet of paper with you and write down the settings for each photo so you'll know which ones you liked and pretty soon you'll just get an eye for what works best in what kind of light. It's fun!

No, mantis, it's the S700 not the 5700 model.

Thanks, Beth, I hope yours makes it too! I know you like the odd balls like I do!

Thank you, TNY! JC is doing great but my Love hasn't been anything to write home about. For the last couple of years it's been a one cane wonder and I wonder how it survives winter! It was one of the ones that got moved to a sunnier location in the front bed and it has 2 buds coming now! This may be the first time in years I get a second bloom! I like the way KL turns sort of lavender as it ages too. And I'm kind of partial to roses that look ruffled like that. And the ones that get points like Love does. Heck, I guess I like them all!

Love Jasmina and Laguna.

Renee