There’s something about roses with many petals. For many, these romantic, soulful plants are the archetypal roses, especially if they happen to be pink and to have a good fragrance.
Some of these do and some don’t. What interests me about them is their flower forms, the patterns the petals take, and the way the blooms cluster together. The odd one you may recognise. While they are old-fashioned in style, in the main they are English Roses, bred over the last 50 years or so by David Austin.
Among these, rather surprisingly, is one of the most popular pictures I have taken, or so it would seem as I often get emails about it. Feel free to guess which one.
Susan Rushton 
What photos! Truly, I can smell those roses from here!
Imagination is a wonderful thing.
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Beautiful. We have a few of these.
There are some good old classics here.
Everything’s coming up roses! Lovely.
Thanks, Dora.
Beautiful roses but we are happy that they do not bloom at this moment, as we had twoo days with snow and hail.
It has been tricky to know when to prune this year. We had a snow flurry this week, but nothing too bad.
OOH, so lovely! I’m guessing either the James Galway or the deep pink is the favorite. If you ever get far enough west in the U.S., go to Portland, Oregon, and visit the rose garden there. It is spectacular, even in the frequent Oregon rain.
It’s the Spirit of Freedom one that is most often mentioned. Mind you some of the others have not been shared until now!
Beautiful roses though I prefer the more open type, the rounded ones tend to ball up in the Cornish rain and go mushy. But I love any roses with a scent. A must for me. And please tell me which is the most popular photo, I could not decide!
People seem to like the Spirit of Freedom, though it would not meet your brief!
Beautiful
Thanks, Sheree
Pleasure Susan
Beautiful roses 😀
I have to thank them for rekindling my interest in photography.
I can never have enough roses. I have both the James Galway and the William Morris. The Galway climbs over an archway and is so prolific. I can’t wait for it to start blooming again.
Both of them are very photogenic.
My favorite roses!😍🌹
I’m glad you like them 🙂
Wow, I can’t begin to guess which is your most popular photo, there are so many here that are spectacular!
It’s the Spirit of Freedom one. I can kind of see why as the blooms are so full.
I’m with Dawn. They are so wonderful that I couldn’t begin to guess. In fact, I’m not even sure which one is my favorite. I’ve gone through the pictures several times and after deliberating, I am choosing the second to the last. The pink with the white is so pretty, I love the bokeh affect.
I like that one. It’s the one above it that seems popular. I quite like the way that nobody has chosen it here! It might just have a better social media presence. 😉
Funny, isn’t it?