24-MAR-2007
Old Blush
AKA "Common blush China" "Common Monthly" "Old Pink Daily" "Old Pink Monthly" "Parsons Pink China"
A very important rose in the evolution of the modern rose we know today
Original unknown
Discovered mid-1700s
05-OCT-2006
One of my favourite modern roses...
Its called "Great News" which isn't a great name, but I love the mulberry tones (blends nicely with Veilchenblau) and shape of the rose. It's always in bloom, but the bush is quite low to the ground with a bit of a spread.
24-SEP-2005
Ozzie beauty
...she has a lovely fragrance...
Here's more daisies
23-JAN-2006
Paul Bocuse
Growing in our daughter's garden
28-JAN-2007
Peace
Famous rose with a few aliases
AKA "Mme Antoine Meilland" "Beke" "Fredsrosen" "Gioia" "Gloria Dei"
Pleasantly scented and grows a reasonable height and width.
Bred in France,
released onto the market 1942
26-JAN-2007
Pristine
She's a little sunburnt in this shot, she's not
normally so peachy-pink.
Fairly tall and wide with chunky canes.
Just a whiff of scent.
Bred in the U.S.A.
released onto the market 1978
18-OCT-2006
Queen Beatrix
She opens this colour but mellows with age
07-MAR-2007
Queen Nefertiti
A low growing thorny shrub with plenty of
fragrant blooms
Bred in the U.K.
released onto the market 1988
23-DEC-2006
Roller Coaster
aka Minnie Mouse
a miniature rose, though it grows quite tall.
Lightly scented.
Bred in N.Z. and released onto the market 1987
04-JAN-2007
Shady Lady
A very pretty hedging rose, quite upright and not that thorny.
Quick to repeat flower if dead-heading is kept up-to-date.
Bred in France
Released most probably in the 1990's