Gallery Of English Roses II

36 Replies to “Gallery Of English Roses II”

1. Beautiful photos of lovely roses. Makes me think of and long for summer again. Oh, and a Happy New Year to you. Best Wishes.

   1. Thanks, Kit – the same to you!

2. I particularly like the first photo. I think it is the diagonal of roses disappearing off to the left balanced by the one at the back right.

   1. I’m glad you like that one. I used to concentrate on trying to capture just a single bloom, then ‘graduated’ to clusters!

3. I ought to get a ‘Shropshire Lad’ and I love the single roses. A nice list here Susan. Not to mention the lovely photos.

   1. I keep thinking I should get that one too.

4. Lovely photos Susan! A sight for sore eyes.

   1. Thanks, Cindy.

5. So beautiful roses and lovely photos!

   1. Thank you!

6. A good selection, well photographed. We have A Shropshire Lad

   1. I remember seeing some pictures. It’s a beautiful variety in leaf as well as in flower.

      1. Yes

7. Beautiful roses (and photography), Susan.
   A Shropshire Lad is such a soft colour and has such generous petal formations in its flowering.

   1. It’s one of my favourites.

8. Absolutely beautiful 😍

   1. I’m glad you liked them. 🙂

9. “Oh, wow” is all I can muster. There just are no words, especially for the buds! What wonders to start my morning — thank you!

   1. A small fix for any budcoholic who might just drop by…

      1. I wonder who that might be.

10. They are beauties, and, yes, what a way to start the day!

    1. Roses are uplifting.

11. why does no one write about the old hybrid tea roses?

    1. You might be well-placed to fill that gap, Tony!

       1. Well, I suppose I got myself into another fine mess.
          I am no expert on roses, otherwise I would not miss seeing anyone else writing about them. But you know, the least I could do is get some good pictures of them when they come into bloom.

    2. I have in past but only in context of how they are typically more difficult to deal with unless grown in PERFECT conditions…hah…and as a grafted rose they have a shorter life span. They are also more susceptible to disease and blackspot. I have always preferred growing and writing about old garden roses. See site: Antique Rose Emporium. Note: For over 10 years I have tested both in growing and 99% of time the old roses out performed hybrids and still thriving after hybrids have died.i could go on but not proper place to do so.

       1. Someone else suggested that I write about hybrid tea roses because I like them so much. However, I do not know much about them. I happen to be in a region that really is PERFECT for them. The problem is that people who live here are not very interested in gardening, and are certainly not interested in something that takes so much work. Roses almost never get pruned as they should. All these modern carpet roses that I dislike so are so much easier to grow, even though they are not maintained properly either.

12. Cheered me up looking at these. I can almost smell them. It certainly makes one think of summer.

    1. I saw my first rose of the year the other day while I was travelling.

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