One of the things I love about my Ruby Meidiland roses is that they bloom profusely right around the Fourth of July. They make a nice foreground to the flag that hangs on my house behind them. You can’t see the flag in this photo, because it was taken on June 29th, but the blooms are still there this week and it looked really cool with the flag. You can also see my front flowerbed here, which is growing nicely after all the rearranging I did last fall.

Here’s a closer shot of the rose blooms.