We are seriously back into the rose season now. Most of my bushes are in bud and quite a few are in full bloom.
This week’s Rose of the Week is the colour I love the best. Pristine is almost white with a gentle, pink flush – just divine.
Although my preference is for the old-fashioned style roses, it is hard to criticise Pristine’s huge, perfect, high-centred, exhibition-style flowers. When I say huge, I mean it. This rose is 15cm across.
The flowers usually grow one per stem, making them perfect for the vase. The only drawback is that in warm weather, they open very quickly. One day they are there, the next day they are gone. At least, the flowers maintain their colour which can be a problem with some roses in the warmer months.
Even though Pristine is described as fragrant, to my mind the fragrance is only light.
The foliage is large, healthy, dark green, with new growth tinged red. The growth is vigorous, disease-resistant, tall and spreading. The only fault I have with this bush is that it is very thorny.
Pristine is a Hybrid Tea rose. It was bred by Warriner (USA) and introduced in 1978.
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That is a beauty & I can’t believe the size! You really caught it perfectly in that last photo though.
Thanks so much Diane.
A gorgeous rose. Pale and interesting… an old but rich cliche. A lot less exotic but still pretty, one of my geranium cuttings flowered a couple of weeks ago, with a plain white bloom I thought but when I looked closer, it has pink tinges on the edge. Sometimes Mother Nature’s less is more touch is just perfect.
Hi Ella, I did reply to this comment but I think it go lost. This is my favourite colour for a rose. So delicate.
Absolutely beautiful. I must confess to knowing zero about the roses we have in the garden. They are an exquisite deep red colour and always make our home feel just that much happier when we have a couple in a vase here and there.
Have a lovely day Glenda.
🙂 Mandy xo
Hi Mandy. It is amazing how a beautiful flower can cheer up a home and even more so if it comes from your garden.
what a gem – a huge gem at that.
Hi Claire, it is amazingly pretty. That is one reason why I started to do the Rose of the Week, so I would stop and notice how pretty each rose is.
Glenda, this one is an absolute beauty!! Just stunning…
Hi Celia, They are all beautiful, but some are more beautiful than others. I love the colour of this one. It is so delicate. To me it is the colour roses should be.
Wow, Glenda! Such a pale, delicate hue. You picked a real beauty to start this Season’s rose show — and I’ve got a front seat! 🙂
Hi John. This is my colour. This is how a rose should look! Its a beauty.