The roses are in full bloom at this time. There was a lot of rain during the peak blooming period and the rose blooms were kind of waterlogged, but I did manage to get a couple pics taken in between the downpours.
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loginThis is the White Rose of York, named after the symbol that Richard the Third and his army fought under. (Interestingly, I had a Red Rose of Lancaster, the opposing, and victorious, army, planted next to the white rose but it died many years ago.) The picture is deceiving, the flowers for this rose are small and they only bloom for a day or two before they start to fall apart.
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login I forgot the name of this rose...Doctor something or other. This rose blossom is twice the size of the white one.
I bought these roses many years ago from an outfit that specialized in selling old fashioned rose plants. I think they are still operating, in Watsonville, California but I refuse to reveal their name. As much as I love my two surviving rose plants, my relationship with the seller is less than perfect, and it was all their fault. I used to be on good terms with them and would always purchase a rose plant every year. They had an earthquake once and suffered some damage to their rose beds and I was sure to give them my business to help them out. Then, after I had mailed in yet another order, I got this nasty, mean spirited notice that I had shorted them 25 cents on the check that I had enclosed with the order. Now, here is something that you must know...this was long before personal computers and when you ordered something, be it books, tapes, plants, whatever, you had catalogues and you would fill out orders with the proper stock item numbers, the cost of the item and the proper added postage amount for shipping the item. Well, I was always extra careful when it came to filling out mail orders, and I would always double check, and sometimes triple check my orders for accuracy. Yup, I was kind of anal about it. Anyway, I kind of think that they had raised their prices without notifying the customers, which is their right, but they shouldn't have got all bent out of shape over it from having an incomplete amount enclosed on an order. That letter was rather harsh and they all but accused me of trying to stiff them for a lousy quarter. I put a quarter in an envelope and sent it to them and I wish I had given them an angry letter in return, but I was so mad over the whole thing that I quite simply stopped doing business with them and haven't purchased any of their roses in many a year, now.