Pretty in Pink

The topic of Makrotex this week is PINK. I’ll share some Rosa rugosa 

that are blooming right now. The first two photos show Rosa rugosa ’Belle Poitevine’

and the two last Rosa rugosa ’Zwerg’.

❤︎❤︎❤︎

#colour collage #der natur donnerstag #gartenglück #how to survive november 

#image-in-ing #krapu #makrotex / pink #my corner of the world #tuesday's treasures 

Puschkinia scilloides & a Rose

The topic of Makrotex this week is  FLOWER.

I photographed my Mother’s Day rose and a Puschkinia scilloides inside the house 

as for me it is impossible to kneel down.

Wishing a sunny new week!

🍀🍀🍀

#der natur donnerstag #gartenglück #how to survive november #image-in-ing #krapu 

#makrotex / flower #my corner of the world #tuesday's treasures 

La Vie en Rose

 

I could easily say that my life is like La Vie en Rose,
because the Hurdal rose - Norwegian rose Hurdal blooms already abundantly
and looks stunning! It is an Alba hybrid, very high, about 4 m which makes it challenging
to photograph - it blooms high against the blue sky! Hurdal is inmensely vigorous,
almost thornless & has mild fragrance - and needs no care whatsoever.
I only cut away dry older branches. Dag Lyngar from Norway reports:

'Hurdalsrosen is perhaps the biggest alba in the World. It's believed that this rose came from the Giessen area in the south of Germany. But this rose doesn't any longer exist there. In Norway it is one of our most common roses. Hurdalen is a nice valley in Norway and the rose was brought to Norway about 150 years ago with a young seaman who fell in love with the young daughter of the priest in the valley Hurdalen.'

Also Rosa glauca roses have started to bloom. They are also high and large and grow near 

the borders of our property. Dart’s Defender is in bloom as well, still some Rosa rugosas to come.

Physocarpus opulifolius ’Dart’s Gold’ is beautifully in bloom as well.

La Vie en Rose Daniela Andrade

❤︎❤︎❤︎

#all seasons #der natur donnerstag #digitalart dienstag #foto-tunes #gartenglück 
#image-in-ing #makrotex  #t in die neue woche #the weekend roundup #värikollaasit #willy-nilly

Time of Pimpinella Roses

The first roses to bloom in Finland are Pimpinella roses.

I have three types of them and this year this pale beauty gives me so much joy!

This Pimpinella ’Ruskela’ belongs to the so-called newly refound roses:

having their own root system (not grafted) they have spread and survived. This was found 

in the garden of the family Henriksson in Vihti, Ruskela. I have got this as a tiny root sprout 

at a plant swap happening. This year it blooms heavenly!

 Another Pimpinella is bright pink ’Poppius’, a very modest rose. In my garden I have four 

of these, growing in very demanding places. Got the root sprouts from a neighbour.

The white Pimpinella is ’Plena’ - somehow they call it today also

Rosa spinosissima or R. pimpinellifolia. These grew here when we moved to the house

and is the iconic Midsummer Rose = Juhannusruusu in Finland.

Happy Midsummer week!

 ❤︎❤︎❤︎

#der natur donnerstag #digitalart dienstag #foto-tunes #gartenglück #image-in-ing #makrotex 
 #t in die neue woche #the weekend roundup #värikollaasit #watw #willy-nilly

La Vie en Rose

I don’t like pink anywhere else than in the garden. Right now pink blooms

are seen here and there - most of all in roses. My Rosa rugosa shrubs are blooming:

Zwerg, Snow pavement = Schneekoppe, Rotes Meer, Jens Munk, Belle poitevine, Hansa....

Also the Bourbon rose Louise Odier looks especially fine this summer ❤︎

It did not freeze last winter and shows now good growth and a lot of blooms & buds.

I noticed that there are a few wild sprouts - their different leaves can clearly be seen 

and there were also a few blooms. Probably the base used in grafting is Rosa laxa, 

that has small, simple, almost white flowers. Have not yet removed them, I know I should...

 ❤︎  ❤︎ ❤︎

Wishing a beautiful weekend!
- riitta

// WILLY-NILLY
// SOMMERGLÜCK

Everybody knows Edith Piaf’s La Vie en Rose, but I chose also a cover by
the young Canadian Daniela Andrade who has a lovely voice and the lyrics is in English.

Roses, Roses ❤︎

The Norwegian rose Hurdal is in full bloom!
 ❤︎ ❤︎ ❤︎
It is an Alba hybrid, very vigorous & high, nearly 5 m. Almost thornless & mild fragrance.

It blooms once, in June.  Unfortunately it is situated so that the rose opens
its blooms to the neighbour :) I had two Hurdal roses, but the other suffered from
a cold winter and died. Last year’s photos are perhaps more beautiful - look HERE.

Other roses that are starting to bloom are among others Bourbon rose Louise Odier and

R. rugosas Rotes Meer, Schneekoppe and Zwerg.

My roses are not scarlet but I’ll share this beautiful Russian song

- Million Scarlet Roses by Alla Pugacheva from 1980s.

// FOTO-TUNES

// IMAGE-IN-ING

'Refound' Pimpinella Roses

In Finland many Pimpinella Group roses have survived through the decades.
They survive in old and abandoned gardens because they are not grafted,
but grow with their own roots. They are winter hardy, modest & carefree.
The only thing you have to watch out is their eagerness to spread with root sprouts!

Pimpinella roses are the first to bloom in Finland. They are appreciated historical roses,
even if the flowers don't dazzle with size.

As far as I know, these roses are not common in Central Europe. 
Many times the origin of these roses has been impossible to defind. 
That is why they have been named after the place where they were in a way 'refound'.
The Simola Rosario lists seven of these Pimpinella roses of which I have four.

Rosa spinosissima ’Plena’- Midsummer Rose - juhannusruusu

The origin of this rose is unknown. In Sweden there is a rose called

Finlands vita ros and in English catalogues a rose called Finnish White.

This rose grows practically in every garden in the Finnish countryside. 

Rosa Pimpinellifolia Group ’Papula’

This delicate & very pale pink rose has been found in the garden of Papula Mansion in Vyborg.

Possibly the rose was brought there from Northern Germany in the late 1800.

I have got my Papula from my mother’s garden in Karelia. 

Rosa Pimpinellifolia Group ’Ruskela’

This rose has been found in 1990s in Vihti, near Helsinki. It is known to be cultivated also

in Karelia, so it might originate from St. Petersburg. I got my Ruskela in a plant swap 

as a tiny root sprout. It blooms abundantly and is very beautiful.

Rosa Pimpinellifolia Group ’Poppius’ - Suviruusu

The precise origin of this rose is unknown. It has been popular for a long time and 
is named after Gabriel Poppius (1769-1856). I have a few shrubs, got them in a plant swap.

Rosa glauca is no Pimpinella, but is modest & hardy as well.

This rose spreads with seeds spread by birds and is considered an invasive species,

threatening somewhat our original flora.

❤︎❤︎❤︎

But the real bad ass is the original Rosa rugosa!

The import and sales of the original pink & white Rosa rugosa is forbidden

in Finland from 1st June on. It is considered invasive alien species.

All existing plantings have to be destroyed in three years’ transition period.
It's going to be an expensive & huge effort, because this rose is widely used
in landscaping highways & traffic circles etc.
...

Garden rugosa hybrids (with a name: Hansa, Jens Munk, Schneekoppe, Zwerg etc.) 
continue to be allowed, they don't spread so furiously.

// SOMMERGLÜCK
// FOTO-TUNES