Rosa 'The Fairy' in Our Hill Garden

by Julie @ Wife, Mother, Gardener

The finale rose in our garden this month is the classic polyanthus Rosa 'The Fairy'. When we planted our Hill Garden, which started as just a pile of dirt from our new gravel parking area (see before photo), I planted four of these pretty re-blooming rose bushes to ring the hill. They are backed by four purple barberry bushes (which I am not sure I would recommend as they can be invasive in some areas, though they look lovely here). The silvery lamb's ears (Stachys byzantine) and evergreen moss phlox (Phlox subulata) fill in here. There is also a host of perennial flowers at the crown of the hill: Echinacea purpurea, Shasta daisies, Sedum 'Autumn Joy', Russian sage (Perovskia), Mallow and others.
I love this garden in all seasons, starting with the bulbs in early spring, then tulips (early tulips and late tulips), roses and daisies for summer, bold foliage in the late summer (Cannas are in again this year!), and more roses and Sedum for October, even til December snow. But for now, we are soaking up July. :)

Rosa 'The Fairy' in the Hill Garden.

rosa the fairy in our hill garden, flowers, gardening, This garden has crept down the hill as it has matured but I still like having that strip of mown grass to act as a border around it and the other gardens It may go someday but for now it still gives some calm to all that ruckus co

This garden has crept down the hill as it has matured, but I still like having that strip of mown grass to act as a border around it and the other gardens. It may go someday, but for now, it still gives some calm to all that ruckus co

rosa the fairy in our hill garden, flowers, gardening, The view of east side of our house Here you can see the Hill garden which is at the front of our driveway the rose trellis our tiny potager garden which supplies more food than you would think and then our Driveway Garden bed

The view of east side of our house. Here you can see the Hill garden, which is at the front of our driveway, the rose trellis, our tiny potager garden (which supplies more food than you would think!), and then our Driveway Garden bed.

rosa the fairy in our hill garden, flowers, gardening, I would like to dedicate this post to my hubby James Today is our 11th anniversary I have enjoyed all of our years together through thick and thin and could not have made all of these beautiful gardens without him

I would like to dedicate this post to my hubby, James! Today is our 11th anniversary. I have enjoyed all of our years together, through thick and thin, and could not have made all of these beautiful gardens without him!

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Douglas Hunt on Jul 07, 2013
I love the combination of "The Fairy" with the Stachys.

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Kathie Kresha on May 11, 2015
I have a Fairy Rose along my sand pit beach wall in Nebraska. It died back hard this winter but is coming back. It is pretty hardy. Anyone have luck keeping the beetles from eating the blossoms in Summer? Love how you grouped the plants, I have these plants in my yard now need to move some by my Fairy Rose!

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- Julie @ Wife, Mother, Gardener on May 11, 2015
  @Kathie Kresha Thanks Kathie! Are they japanese beetles eating the flowers? They are tough, but supposedly if you spray with an insecticide early in the season, they will stay away from them. Once they start eating though, it is hard to stop them... we had war with them here at our house last year!
  
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