My idea of serene… Rosa ‘Phyllis Bide’ grows on a simple framework of pillars and crossbeams on both sides of a path to The Gallery tea room at David Austin Roses in Wolverhampton, England. It’s just one of many climbers and ramblers showcased along the pathway, but I always used to take a moment to linger beside this pretty rambling rose, and I’m sure you can see why.
Together, the roses create a lovely, peaceful walk with a view. If you arrive here on the garden’s busiest day for lunch in the height of summer, serene may not be your first thought, but later in the day, the garden falls not silent, but quiet, with a still serenity.
Sharing this reminds me why I chose susurrus as my screen name when first starting to blog (read about that here).
If you’re in need of a serenity fix, check out the other posts on this week’s photo challenge: serene.
Susan Rushton 
I’d want to visit here – it’s idyllic!
I’ve seen quite a few rose gardens, but never, so far, one I’ve liked more.
I want to come to England to see this!
You must!
It’s my dream!
My colleague down south complains about all the fallen petals when his wisteria is in bloom. I remind him that no one is looking at the ground with that sort of show going on above. The funny thing is that the second thing I noticed about your picture is the freshly swept middle of the brick walkway below!
Good spot! I like to see fallen petals. I have a hard job not picking handfuls up from the street and taking it home when there is a lot of fresh, fallen blossom around.
Oh how funny! On of my colleagues missed the autumn color of Pennsylvania so much that he took a barrel of sweetgum foliage home from work to dump into his atrium. It actually looked great, but there were no sweetgum trees around.
That sounds like my kind of person.
I have Phyllis Bide on the arches in my secret garden. It blooms all summer long. I don’t know any other rambler that does that.
There are a few other repeat flowering ramblers but I really like the colour of this one. It isn’t really flourishing for me, but it’s in a large pot in partial shade and left to its own devices more than is fair on any potted plant. It’s outlived several other varieties in similar conditions.
WOW. Gorgeous!
Lovely!! 💞
Thank you!
It looks like the perfect place for a wedding photo!
Perhaps Meghan and Harry might wait a month or so extra and see if they can get special permission?
What a pretty place. So gorgeous.
You’d want more than just five minutes here – you’d see all the shades of pink your heart could desire (well, nearly!)
Gorgeous – reminds me of a Helen Allingham painting.
All it needs is hollyhocks in full flower.
Sure wish the fragrance of the roses would come through my computer! Absolutely beautiful
This isn’t one of the really fragrant ones, but others along the path are, so it would be delicious.
What a heavenly beautiful place to visit
I think when I first found your blog I told you that “susurrus” was one of my favorite words, and that’s why I had to find out more about your blog. So of course today I had to click on the link to see your first post. And now I’m trying to imagine the wonder of that rose sigh. I like the thought that each blog post is a kind of whisper, heard or not. And thanks for the serenity — that photo is quite the sedative!
I remember that. I’m pretty consistent in associating a rose garden in full bloom with some form of contentment.
Phyllis Bide is one of my favorites too
The mix of colours – cream, blush pink and apricot – makes it very photogenic. I do like ramblers in general, but they can be so huge that by the time you get most of them in the frame, the flowers seem rather insignificant.