One More Rose
I know I said I was going to end my backyard adventures for the time being, but I can’t resist one more rose. This is the first full-blown blossom on our new “Double Delight” bush. Ours seems more yellow-and-fuchsia than cream-and-scarlet as it appears on the David Austin website, but it’s beautiful nonetheless. The scent is classic rose—not terribly strong but then the bush is next to the Pink Peggies, which have a magnificent and sometimes overpowering lemony-rosy scent. So you have to tuck your nose right down into the center of the Double Delight petals to get the true effect of its scent.
Yesterday we introduced one of the darling two-year-old twin boys from across the street to the rosebushes. He was enthralled, and grasped big handfuls of petals (fortunately from one of the Neon Red bushes, which was covered with blossoms and could afford to spare a few) to offer to all of us as presents. I demonstrated throwing the petals into the air (“It was roses, roses, all the way…”) and he joined in with great enthusiasm. Why do moments like that always happen when there’s no camera close at hand?
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:02 am
Those are really beautiful roses and that’s cute about the little boy across the street. Don’t you just wonder what he was thinking?
May 3rd, 2010 at 6:11 am
I do! His little face just lit up. He didn’t seem to want the petals for himself… he grabbed the first handful and immediately offered them to me. And of course he loved throwing them. Next time they come over I’ll try to take a picture!
May 3rd, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Such a gorgeous rose. I would so love to have a rose garden to stroll through and smell
Alas, roses don’t grow well on balconies!
May 4th, 2010 at 6:03 am
I have a tiny miniature rose in a pot… someone gave it to me as a gift. It lives outdoors and has been thriving. I bet something like that would grow on a balcony!
May 6th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
That is an amazingly gorgeous rose!!