I couldn't position myself in front of the rose without standing in the middle of my flowerbed, so I took a foto of this one which is growing on the opposite leg of the pergola.
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goose
Weekend Gardener
Coatesville , New Zealand
Just Glorious
7 Jun '06 8:37 pm I can almost smell it..
No wonder so many people on this site have this beautiful rose.
I have added it to my list of must have plants.
Your photos are amazing.
Liza
gardening consultant
Waterloo, Belgium
I just know....
7 Jun '06 9:25 pm ...how you feel , Sjoerd!! It is an extraordinary happiness that only the gardeners cherish and share!! I rejoice with you! While the Summery season unfolds its colourful delights, you -- we -- won't stop feeling like this!! It is a true blessing!
Sjoerd
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Hoorn, the Netherlands
8 Jun '06 9:06 pm Well, this particular rose is really IS a good one for me and my garden. It suits me to a 'T'...and since I only have two varities of rose it can take it's place of notice without a great deal of competition, I have placed it at the main entrance arch so that folks entering the flower garden pass through a nice "fragrance field", as it were. There are only three blooms at the moment but their fragrance is still remarkable and unavoidable.
Thanks for your nice words folks...and Goose, good luck with getting one--you won't regret it, I can assure you.
Sjoerd
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Hoorn, the Netherlands
Even A Dying One Can Be Charming
15 Jun '06 11:03 am This one is ready for deadheading,,,butr I just had to look at it a bit first.
This is a portion of the "Westerland Arch". It is thick with buds now.
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pumpkin
compost executive
Dairy Flat, New Zealand
...up...up....and away!
15 Jun '06 6:49 pm hehe...hope you have the short growing one Sjoerd, cos my Westerland grows out the top of the silver birch tree which it is next to and is about 20 feet high
...of course, if I wasn't so wussy I would chop it back but it just looks so happy waving around above everything else that I don't have the heart!
Isn't it just the most gorgeous colours!
Sjoerd
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Hoorn, the Netherlands
15 Jun '06 9:17 pm Oh Pumpkin...is sure is! for my eyes it's the prettiest.
I just hope it would grow wo long (20'); however, I suspect it will never reach those heights. If it would, I could have a great arch!
I have to say that I don't have the shape right on this thing yet, but hopefully, it'll be better next year.
