Your roses are incredible! And not just this ones… Congratulations and enjoy! 
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Yes, the link in the post goes to the EFN seed catalog listing, which says that’s the species. It’s my first time growing it. I was thinking I’d try to harvest seeds for home baking use since the listing says this one is particularly good for seed collection.
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Your picture puts a smile on my face, what a cutie.
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Not sure what half of these are, but they all came from the yard somewhere, whether planted or as a volunteer:
Honestly the carrots are probably my favorite flowers, and an impressive array of different pollinators seem to agree.
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My backyard orchard used to be uncut meadow but I only found out from a neighbour after I cut it for a year or so. I’ve left it grow fairly wild between the fruit trees since then for a couple years. There is a super diverse range of wildflowers showing up.
Today I found several wild spotted orchids, and what I think is pyramidal bugle which is very rare here.
Spotted Orchids
Pyramidal Bugle
I also have most of the other wildflowers I know how to ID here. I love it.
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Mine was eaten by rabbit badly last season, then it was moved at wrong time, then we had hard frost in May… It died.
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Crazy amount of rain lilies in this bed. It’s at the base of my Sweet Treat pluerry. I counted 68 blooms. This is easily the most simultaneous blooms.
I planted about 25 bulbs 3 years ago here. They live up to their name as they always send up flowers a few days after a good rain.
Absolutely zero care. I am sure they originate in southern Africa in Namibia and South Africa. One of those desert flowers that takes advantage of the seasonal rains to bloom.
I’d rather yellow or coral /orange but that’s all they had when I bought them.
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Not sure which species of Rudbeckia this is (@JohannsGarden maybe you remember? I got it from you), but it seems pretty happy at the moment. We harvested lots of fresh shoots/leaves in spring and early summer, but they started getting more tough and strongly flavored as the summer got hotter, so I’m just letting them flower in peace now. Are the flower petals also edible, I wonder?
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Nice Rudbeckia. They like my soil and weather seeding themselves and spreading. This year some germinated late and are just getting ready to flower while others started flowering in late June.
Here’s an interesting one from last year.
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That is the Rudbeckia laciniata cultivar ‘Herbstsonne’. It can be referred to as “sochan” though. 
I’m glad you have been enjoying it as a veggie. I find the flower petals (technically “ray flowers”) don’t have much of any flavor and just about disappear if cooked, but they can be used to add color to salads.
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