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    30th June 2015Stephanie's BlogStephanie Donaldson

    This has to be the best year I can remember for roses with the cool nights keeping them in peak condition for much longer than usual, as well as pleasingly pest and disease free.  I don’t think of my garden as majoring on roses, but with them all out at once there are far more than I realised. This is a selection of them. If there is a garden near you that is known for its roses, this is the year to get out there and admire them – and smell the roses of course.

    Cardinal Richelieu

    Cardinal Richelieu

    Gloire de Dijon

    Gloire de Dijon

    Hybrid Tea

    Hybrid Tea

    Rosa de Rescht

    Rosa de Rescht

    Darcy Bussell

    Darcy Bussell

    Gertrude Jekyll

    Gertrude Jekyll

    Hyde Hall

    Hyde Hall

    Self seeded Cooper Burmese

    Self seeded Cooper Burmese

    Mme. Gregoire Staechlin rose

    Mme. Gregoire Staechlin (I think – a cutting I took from churchyard)

    Thomas Graham

    Graham Stuart Thomas

    American Pillar

    American Pillar

    Not sure which this one is

    Not sure which this one is

    Verschuren - with Variegated leaves

    Verschuren – with Variegated leaves

    Veichenblau

    Veichenblau

    Buff Beauty

    Buff Beauty

    Felicite et Perpetue

    Another mystery rose

    Another mystery rose

    Felicite et Perpetue

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