I loved these petals with their soft, complimentary colours and mix of light and shade. I took the picture at Farmer’s Branch, Texas a couple of years ago and know that someone is going to ask me which rose it is, which gives me a problem. The form reminds me of Rosa ‘Lady Emma Hamilton’, and the colour of Rosa ‘Jubilee Celebration’, but I believe it’s Rosa ‘Lady Of Shalott’, which was looking so good during our visit that I later persuaded my sweetheart to plant one in his garden.
I’d never seen Rosa ‘Lady Of Shalott’ growing in the US before or since, so am not sure how well this picture represents the way the rose looks in a warmer climate than the UK.
Roses’ forms, colours and scents vary when grown in differing climates, some varieties more than others. Colours tend to soften in strong sunlight while heat intensifies fragrance and helps it linger in the air. In hot, dry climates, I’ve noticed some roses producing smaller flowers, as if they are conserving their energy and deeply cupped shapes opening out to reveal more of their centres.
While I’m on the subject of plant identification, I can’t resist adding in a picture of a peony in the same colour group. Roses and peonies are often mistaken for each other, and I can see why. If you find them difficult to tell apart, you might enjoy this post.
I’m sharing them for Becky’s SquareTops, because these flowers are in tip-top condition.
Susan Rushton 
Lovely pictures – I so agree, colours change with the heat. I have a plant of ‘Pierre de Ronsard’ (apparently France’s ‘favourite’ rose). Last summer it bloomed first with the classic, chocolate box, dark centre. Later it was simply pink – someone visiting suggested I had my name wrong. I don’t grow ‘Lady of Shalott’, but it’s one I have in mind to plant and unfortunately I get these rose obsessions when I look at other people’s blogs!
I didn’t know R. ‘Pierre de Ronsard’ was France’s favourite rose, but it is a romantic climber. England’s is R. ‘Gertrude Jekyll’, or at least it was… I’m not sure how fickle nations are about their roses.
Beautiful 😀
Thank goodness for flowers, Cee.
Of course I had to look at the other post, and I’m glad I did because now I know to look at the leaves. I think I would never be very good about identification, but I’d be very good about ooooh-ing. What splendid colors! The light on and through that peony is mesmerizing. And I think that rose captures every nuance of pink there is, and maybe adds a few. Thanks for the warm colors — especially lovely today!
Ooooh-ing is just as acceptable to flowers, if not more so, I’m sure. Peach and apricot always surprises, then delights me in a flower, no matter how many times I see it.
The perfection of roses 🙂 🙂
Even when they are drooping, they can still look stylish.
I had never thought that roses and peonies resembled each other, but your pictures are a perfect illustration of this.
I know what you mean. It surprises me too, especially when you have the whole plant to look at.
It looks like silk!
It does. The effect partly comes from the backs of the petals being paler, I think.
Tip top condition indeed!
These must have been exercising away with their little dumbbells.
Beautiful colour. I love close-ups of flowers, especially roses.
Thanks for sharing, Susan 🙂 Just the sort of beauty we need to see since most of us are stuck indoors.
It has been such beautiful weather for us and the cherry trees are flowering.
Love it – tiptop 🙂
And what two stunning specimens you have chosen to share
I was only planning to share the rose. I’m not sure how the peony sneaked in, but that’s flowers for you!
Best thing about flowers, there’s always one sneaking in 🙂
A rose by any other name……
Thanks, Derrick.