I have a soft spot for Paradise and it is not because it is a beautiful rose.  It is because this is the rose that was the genesis for my rose garden. Continue reading →

The colour of Angelique will stop you in your tracks.  It is usually described in the catalogues as bright vermillion – I would call it bright orange.  It is not a colour that I would normally appreciate but the colour is so bright, so startling and so pure, that it demands attention and, therefore, could not be forsaken when spotted in the nursery.   In my apricot bed, it acts as a perfect contrast. Continue reading →

I was walking around my rose garden the other day looking for photo opportunities (as you do when you have a blog) and this beautiful bloom jumped out at me.  There were several blooms on the bush but no buds. Continue reading →

Hannah Gordon is a beauty but it appears there is some controversy over its name and categorisation.

I instinctively tagged this rose ‘Floribunda’ and then went looking for entries in my catalogues only to find it categorised as a ‘Hybrid Tea’.  Sceptical though I was, I changed the tag.  I then did a Google search and found it under ‘Floribunda’. Continue reading →

Julia’s Rose is my favourite ….. no, to say it is my favourite rose it too big a call.

To say Julia’s Rose is my favourite Hybrid Tea may also be too big a call but it is, indisputably, my favourite coloured rose.  It is magnificent.  It is truly cafe au lait. Continue reading →