The Awakening

I have become a little bit obsessed with photographing the roses in my garden. Due to this i have decided to start a Blog in order to catalogue my images, share them with others along with my experience in becoming a first time gardener. I would love to hear from you and see your images of your favourite roses. Especially if they are from your own garden. I am always on the lookout for more roses to invest in.

Firstly, I'll introduce myself. I began gardening at the end of 2009 when my husband and I bought our very first house. I have all these wonderful ideas about having a cottage style garden and when faced with a wild, abandoned cottage garden the bubble quickly burst and it dawned on me that I would have to cast aside the daydream and get digging. I have loved every minute of it. There have been moments of stupidity, blood, sweat and tears. Despite this there have been moments of such pride that my obsession with roses was born.

The aim of this blog is to run through the roses I have. Their characteristics, the negative sides of them and also the positive. I will rate them out of 5 in the following categories:

• Visual Impact
• Scent
• Growth Rate
• Stem Strength
• Durability (in poor weather)

I will also add in plants that grow nicely alongside my roses in order to maximise their visual impact.