Pictured in Reno Nevada - 2000 to 2010. Photographer: Christine


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Snow, Ice and Roses

Some of the most fleeting and beautiful moments in the rose garden come in fall when the roses are lush and perfect. Unbidden, unwanted, a sneaky, rotten, miserable cold front makes an unwelcome visit. After the storm system passes, there are typically three weeks more of mild weather but once encased in snow and ice, the roses are irreparably damaged - bruised and shrunken - with months to wait before healthy blooms return to this Nevada garden.

There is nothing to be done but to get out with the camera before the sun melts the snow, while the blooms sit encased in ice - perfect and colorful, and doomed. The photos on this page are the sad swan song of a garden when fall turns briefly to winter.

First freeze of fall: Blooms encased in ice. 'perfect and colorful, and doomed.'
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 Icy Cornelia Rose. File# 1375. Photographer: Christine. October 2010
Icy Cornelia Rose

File# 1375
Iced Jeri Jennings , File# D1672. Photographer: Christine. October 2010
Hoar frosted Jeri Jennings

File# D1672
Iced Abbaye de Cluny rose, File# D1381. Photographer: Christine. October  2010
Iced Abbaye de Cluny rose

File# D1381
Snow covered Abbaye de Cluny rose, File# D7823. Photographer: Christine. October 2009
Snow covered Abbaye de Cluny

File# D7823
 Iced Day Breaker rose, File# D1675. Photographer: Christine. October 2010
Iced Day Breaker rose

File# D1675
 Iced Day Breaker rose, File# D1387. Photographer: Christine. October 2010
Iced Day Breaker rose

File# D1387
 Iced Day Breaker rose, File# D1389. Photographer: Christine. October 2010
Iced Day Breaker rose

File# D1389
 Iced Autumn Sunset rose, File# 1399. Photographer: Christine. October 2010
Iced Autumn Sunset rose

File# 1399
Iced Rosenprinzessin. File# 1425. Photographer: Christine. October 2010
Icy Rosenprinzessin

File# 1425
Iced Burgundy-Iceberg, File# D1420. Photographer: Christine. October 2010
Iced Burgundy Iceberg

File# D1420
IcyBurgundy Iceberg rose, File# D1687. Photographer: Christine. October  2010
Icy Burgundy Iceberg

File# D1687
Icy Marco Polo rose, File# D1383. Photographer: Christine. October 2009
Icy Marco Polo rose

File# D1383
 Icy Fragrant Plum Rose. File# 1684. Photographer: Christine. October 2010
Icy Fragrant Plum Rose

File# 1684
Hoar frost on leaves, File# D1720. Photographer: Christine. October 2010
Hoar frost on leaves

File# D1720
Hoar frost on leaves, File# D1713. Photographer: Christine. October  2010
Hoar frost on leaves

File# D1713
Hoar frost on leaves, File# D1707. Photographer: Christine. October 2009
Hoar frost on leaves

File# D1707

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