Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’
Rosa ‘Boscobel’
Rosa ‘The Ancient Mariner’ is a new one, just released this year
Lavender Lassie (by a German breeder, Kordes, so technically not an English Rose).
Rosa ‘Wisley 2008’
Rosa ‘Hyde Hall’
A mystery rose, its petals catching the sunlight.
I don’t know the name of this one with pretty, frilled petals either.
Rosa ‘Scepter’d Isle’
I think this is also Rosa ‘Scepter’d Isle’ – the flowers tend to open up as they age
Rosa ‘Spirit of Freedom’ (I didn’t get the light quite right, but love the folded petals)
Another shot of ‘Spirit of Freedom’, this time as a youngish flower
Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’
I’m sharing this collection of pictures in response to this week’s photo challenge: Happy Place. I’m sure I’ve confessed before that I’m not all that successful at growing roses, but I’m as blithe as a pig in clover any time I’m in a rose garden full of flowers with a camera in my hands.
This is number three in a mini series of this year’s rose photos. If you loved roses and missed the earlier ones, you’ll find the yellow ones here and the apricot and orange ones here. Any guesses on the mystery roses are always welcome!
And if you’ve not taken part in the challenge before, I highly recommend it: this week’s topic would be a great one to start off with.
Susan Rushton 
Near our house there is a rose bush currently filled with new blooms even as the leaves are turning from green to orange. We had several rose bushes awhile back but while we didn’t find them very tasty some of our local wildlife did. So…we relish in the view of others who have more success keeping their roses intact…as well as wonderful pictures like those above. Beautiful images.
I’m very content to enjoy them in other people’s gardens too. I do have a small number that continue to hang on in there, despite being grown in pots in too much shade, too often left to fend for themselves, but I know how much I’m restricting their potential.
gorgeous! I snap shots of roses wherever I find them.
It’s like an addiction, isn’t it?
Hell yeah! But one that leads to beautiful pictures.
Do these have scents as well? Too many roses these days seem to be hybrids with no smell, which is so sad.
janet
Some do, some don’t. My favourite amongst these (though I’ve never attempted to grow it) is ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’. The blooms are huge and nicely scented.
How can these not make everyone happy? Just stunning
I agree. I can’t imagine a world without flowers.
Walking in a rose garden cheers me up too, especially when they are the old fashioned type with the heavy fragrances. I was happy to see a flower on my lilac rose today – a very small flower, but it has been flowering all summer and has the most gorgeous lemon scent. I am very happy to join you in YOUR happy place Susan 🙂
It’s lovely to have you here! The lilac pink ones can be very pretty. I even dream of rose gardens, which is perhaps a bit strange.
Not as strange as the things I dream of!
I can’t get enough of these English roses. In my garden they are also difficult to get growing.
I suppose the big advantage of rose photos is they never fade.
I can almost smell them, beautiful.
What a beautiful post! I was not blessed with a green thumb, but I would be willing to learn how to garden if I could have such beautiful flowers as a reward.
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Oh I want them all!!! Beautiful.
Just lovely.