09-FEB-2006
Especially For Valentine's Day
Been saving this one for a few days,
its a few hours early even for us Down Under
25-NOV-2005
Ethereal majesty...
Tall and majestic describes this rose
Here's the rosebud
and a cherry-red rosebud called Ekstase
19-DEC-2006
Excellenz von Schubert
Modern polyantha with blooms in clusters on long arching canes
Bred in Germany released onto the market 1909
06-FEB-2006
February roses..
There's quite a bit of colour in the rose garden
patches of blooms here and there.
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and an earlier shot of CP
showing the variation of colour
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My bush has blooms like this 2nd one the same time as the
shot featured as the main rose today.
This comment added specifically for Brian.
05-OCT-2006
Flemington racecourse rose
An Australian-bred rose with a lovely refined shape. Should do well on the competition tables.
23-OCT-2005
Fragrant Cloud rosebud
the first spring buds for the season
on this particular rose
27-OCT-2006
Francis E. Lester from inside the gazebo