Visited the Gothic Revival Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown, NY, on the Hudson River. Naturally, I was particularly interested in the rose garden. Just this once, I am including FOUR photos in this post.

The Lyndhurst Mansion, commonly called “The Castle”

Lyndhurst dining room, decorated for Halloween (a very big thing in Tarrytown, NY)

View of the gazebo in the rose garden at Lyndhurst

Roses blooming at Lyndhurst

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Sometimes the underside of a flower is quite beautiful.

Pretty pattern of scales on the underside of a magenta zinnia

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‘Double Delight’ rose has always been one of my top fave rosebushes. I think this is the third or fourth one that I’ve owned.

‘Double Delight’ putting on a display in the garden in August

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My roses in the front yard are loving this warm, dry weather, even though the sky is so hazy with smoke from the Canada wildfires.

Pink and red roses, with some lavender plants in my Seattle garden

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‘Fragrant Cloud’ blooming in my garden.

Floribunda roses have many flowers on one main stem.

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A delightful nursery, new to me, in Issaquah, WA. Don’t we all need more hanging baskets?

Just a few of the hanging baskets at Squak Mountain nursery

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At the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle, some very unusual foxgloves blooming in the Seasonal House now.

Not your average garden foxgloves (digitalis)

Bonus image!

Butter yellow foxgloves and pale pink astilbe flowers at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle, WA

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In front of my house, the rose garden is in its first flush. The red rose is ‘Proud Land’ and the lavender plants are blooming well nearby.

The roses of early summertime.

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I wish I could transport the fragrance to you.

Pink and white and fluffy, with accents of carmine, in my garden

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A darling flower bowl on my friend’s entryway hutch.

Fancy red-and-pink verbenas, and peach-and-pale-yellow petunias

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This is one of those images I don’t really have a title for, and don’t really know why I love it, but I keep wanting to look at it, so there might be something there for you, too.

Scene with plantings, and a bench

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Magnolias seem to be beautiful in all stages. This one has lost one petal.

Japanese magnolia blooming in Seattle garden in April

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