My rose-growing journey: not many blooms, but they are very easy on the eyes. What do you all think?

Several years ago, I was already fond of roses, and I even grew some varieties like 'Super Star' and 'Blue Moon'. Later, for various reasons, I did not keep it up. This year I happened to see on a forum how beautiful the roses grown by fellow gardeners were, and it could not help but rekindle my love for roses.

From January to April last year, following the guidance of an online rose shopping guide, I found several reputable online shops and bought no fewer than twenty or so in one go, mostly climbing roses. In the blink of an eye it was July. Of the climbing roses I planted, apart from a few that died, the others grew unevenly. Now I will slowly post photos of how they looked when they first arrived home and their growth process. (Headline photo: On April 19 I bought five seedlings, namely 'Parade', 'Caramel Honey', 'Angel Rose' and 'Chuck Cook'. How pitiful - the seedlings were small to begin with, and this "awful" courier turned my seedlings into this state. Among them, the three most miserable ones were 'Parade', 'Caramel Honey' and 'Angel Rose'... To keep them alive, I had no choice but to plant them in flower pots first, and wait until they "recover their strength" before transplanting them.)

In the blink of an eye it was May. On the 26th, my Angel Rose opened the first brilliant flower of its life. I recorded how it looked, and now I share it with you all.

Angel Rose after its first bloom

The weather has turned hot. Let us look forward to Angel Rose's growth in the little Indian summer of October. And its poor companion - Caramel Honey - after enduring great hardships, has finally formed buds ready to open.

Two days later, although still delicate and small, the graceful Caramel Honey was even more eye-catching.

After its first bloom, Caramel Honey really is "a patch of green shade"...

At first glance, the first bloom of Parade does not quite look like its parents... but on closer look, there is still some trace of its parents...

The genuine Little Eden I bought in January - according to the seller, this is a multi-season "blooming machine".

Finally it has sprouted.

My pink dragon. I bought a three-year-old large seedling, but judging by myself, it may be more than three years old; it seems quite old. I still prefer one-year-old seedlings - raising them by my own hands, watching them grow - that is where the joy of growing flowers lies.

I brought it home in January, and in April it bloomed two flowers. Ronsard deserves the public's affection. Its fresh posture is like a new lotus emerging from water, so brilliant yet not vulgar. If it could bloom in multiple seasons, it would surely take the crown among climbing roses.

This is Ronsard photographed in July. It is much more imposing than when it first arrived in January.

Not many flowers bloom, but they are very easy on the eyes. After all, it is still its first year at my home. I believe that effort will be rewarded. Work hard! Tomorrow will be even more brilliant.

Sweet Dream is very free-blooming, only the flowers are small.

The floral beauty of Pink Dachshund - is it pretty?