I’m surprised to find out this is the first time I’ve blogged about one of my favourite rose varieties. Some roses are easier to photograph than others. This is the only picture I have that I like of this one. Rosa ‘Jubilee Celebration’ is luminous. Photograph it in flat light and you risk losing the joy.
The main bloom is as big as my hand and deeper than I can cup my fingers. The sheeny quality of the petals and their highlights and lowlights of pink and peach create an inner glow. The garden context glows too, adding that all’s well with the world feeling.
I could not say whether this rose will suit your gardening temperament or conditions. That’s not what this blog is about.
But I do like to celebrate natural beauty – one perfect, fruity scented bloom, just about to burst open; the arching foliage; the bountiful garden; the carpet of fallen petals.
Shared for the weekly photo challenge: Glow
Susan Rushton 
Beautiful photo and rose, haven’t come across a good specimen of this one myself yet to paint, but with your beautiful description I will certainly be looking out for it now! And we can all do with more of that ‘all’s well with the world feeling’!!
Yes – we need to soak up all we can!
It’s stunning. The roses are just coming out here. I’ve seen some beautiful lavender ones and some so red they’re almost black. They smell amazing.
Those sound lovely, especially the lavender ones. Enjoy them while they last! I had a relative rose drought this year. I was in the UK when the Mississippi flowers were at their peak and in Mississippi for the peak of the English ones. Sigh.
Oh no! Not good timing!
How beautiful!
Thank you.
So perfect a photo—I think I can smell it from here.
You have a good imagination!
She’s a beauty and you have captured her perfectly. I also have some photos of this one (thought I’d check) posted in 2013 would you believe! Seems we both appreciate her loveliness.
We do. I love the middle shot of the three – it’s a classic!
Can almost smell that wonderful fruity fragrance!
Beautiful photo and rose !
Thanks!
Such a Beautiful Rose Susan, I can see why you love it so much.
Its sheen always reminds me of the feathers of a bird – they way there seems to be a lot of different tones.
Beautiful rose and image. 🙂
Thanks Su.
We used to grow Jubilee Celebration at the rose farm, where we worked. It’s such a gorgeous rose with a beautiful scent and I used to love arranging it in bouquets! Your photograph is a particularly beautiful bloom and image!
I’ve seen some very beautiful arrangements made with it and other garden flowers.
I feel I could crawl right inside this, curl up and go to sleep.
A bit like the bee in my last post.
In the UK and Mississippi when the roses were in Mississippi and the UK? This is too bad entirely. I had never heard of “Jubilee Celebration” and I’m in awe of it. Thank you!
It was a bit like one of the comedy routines where you see two people hiding on either side of a pillar.
Beautiful rose!
I’m glad you like it too.