Actually not just on roses but on everything. For the last two nights it has rained and for a couple of hours during the day yesterday and most of the day today – I am very happy!
So when I went outside to take my photos for bloomday it was under the protection of an umbrella. It wasn’t raining too hard and it was so god to see and feel the rain; the umbrella was more to keep the camera dry. Today it is windy which isn’t so good, I want rain, soft and gentle to soak right into the soil. Temperatures yesterday and today haven’t risen above 20° C. It almost feels like winter, but it is so nice to feel cool; to go to bed and pull the sheet around me rather than throw it off in an attempt to be cool.
Next week the temperatures are set to rise again, but only during the day, at night it will be cool. Even during the day it should just be pleasantly warm to work outside.
All the blooms this month have raindrops on their petals, for some this makes them even more beautiful.
Gaura are always beautiful with drops of rain on their stems
New foliage and new blooms on Rosa Clair Matin
Caryopteris is very reliable at summer’s end, even after the hot summer we’ve had this year it is flowering beautifully
To see what else is flowering in My Hesperides Garden in mid September, please click on the image below.
To enjoy what’s flowering in gardens around the world, some just entering spring and others beginning to look autumnal, visit Carol at May Dreams Garden,
Really lovely blooms and rain drops. I really like your Caryopteris–must look for that here. Also is that Perovskia in the bottom picture? It settles in beautifully with the other plants.
I planted the caryopteris two years ago, but it took time to settle, it now seems very happy. They have such an intense true blue colour, they are worth searching for. Christina
What a contrast with the pictures you posted just a couple of weeks ago! Everything looks much refreshed. So happy to hear you’re getting rain. Our temps have edged downward a slight bit this week too, for the first time in months.
Today everyone was complaining that it was COLD! I suppose in comparrison to a couple of weeks ago, it is. Glad its cooler for you too. Christina
The rose looks very happy enjoying the rain, just what they needed.
Hello again, Christina… sounds like you are a happy gardener tonight
I always think rain brings romance to a garden, don’t you think? Your photos are wonderful. Loved the slide show. Enjoy the change this season brings to your beautiful garden
Yes, I’ve been smiling ever since the rain began. I’m glad you enjoyed the slideshow. Christina
I can almost smell the rain – your photos are awesome. So refreshing – we really needed the rain.
Thanks Claudia, I am refreshed by the rain too. Christina
It’s fantastic that you’ve had some rain. Your garden certainly looks terrific splashed in rain drops. Lovely blooms.
A marvellous post filled with marvellous photos…. i must admit, when i read the title i started to sing/hum “My Favourite Things” from Sound of Music
… how embarrassing 
Not embarrassing, it was my prompt! Christina
Lovely flowers sparkling with raindrops, absolutely beautiful, So glad it is now cooler for you, its impossible to work in the heat.
Christina your blooms look so happy with all that rain they are wearing…just finally had rain here last night and a break in temps…perhaps my blooms may revive and look as happy as yours!
I do hope so Donna
The rain makes the gaura appear even more delicate and beautiful, and your caryopteris is such a beautiful shade of blue – do you know what variety it is? I have put one in this year but it doesn’t look in the least bit attractive yet but it was a garden centre bargain and I still have gaps to fill!
Sorry Cathy I’m not sure which variety it is. Christina
Hi Christina,
Glad to hear you’ve had some rain
(never thought I’d hear myself saying this…) Gaura looks beautiful no matter what – but it does look even more so with raindrops sparkling off its airy, wiry stems 
As you say Gaura is always lovely! Christina
We’ve had rain now and then since mid-August. Even so, I was just doing some fall planting and was surprised how dry the soil is.
It takes an awful lot of rain to actually wet more than just the surface. That’s why it’s so important to water very deeply but only once every week or 10 days. Christina
Such a relief, your garden must be beginning to sing in the rain and cooler temperatures.