Thursday, August 25, 2011

Flowers From Our Yard: Paradise Rose



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We've had Paradise rose is our yard for several years now. It's a hybrid tea rose with a delightful fragrance and an unusual color -- a lilac mauve. Needless to say, that makes it fairly unique in our rose garden.

27 comments:

Leovi said...

Delicious and refreshing this beautiful rose, great picture.

Fred Alton said...

George, I think this is one of the best pictures yet. A perfect picture of a perfect rose!

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

can I tell you and Betsy a long forgotten secret? when I was young, my favorite color was purple. I bought a pair of purple shoes with silver heels. My happiness was dampened when my big sister said it was ugly.

Shelley said...

Such a beautiful color - my mom would love this! (Purple hues / lilac colors are her favorite.)

A Lady's Life said...

this flower matches my cast lol
Now I am a queen wearing royal colors

黄清华 Wong Ching Wah said...

Beautiful ! Beautiful ! Beautiful !

I Am Woody said...

Just beautiful! I have never seen a rose of that color!

MadSnapper said...

the color is magnificent, so is the photo. i really like this one a LOT. it screams to me to cut it out and play in PS

KathyA said...

What a beautiful rose!

Ginny Hartzler said...

This is a strange looking rose, almost spooky. Wish I could see one in real life, I bet not many people have them.

Ruth Hiebert said...

She is a beauty.

Tiago Braga said...

very beauty, always lovely your blog

happyone said...

Wow, I just love the color. Beautiful.

EG CameraGirl said...

Very pretty rose and you took the picture at just the perfect time to show it off! The darker colour at the edges of the petals as the blossom opens out makes the rose a stunner. Paradise is a good name for that rose.

imac said...

Tis a beauty George.

Fábio Martins said...

Que bela rosa! Bonita definição

penny said...

Paradise is a perfect name for this beauty. The color is amazing.
Gorgeous shot, George. You should do a photo book on all the beautiful roses you grow.
be well and happy,
Pam

rainfield61 said...

Your garden is very romantic with all the roses.

Teté M. Jorge said...

Beautiful rose! Wonderful color!
Hugs.

SandyCarlson said...

That is a gorgeous color!

Ben said...

That is a very unusual color (to me)! We have quite a few roses but none come close to this color.

Linnea said...

It's really stunning! I'm surprised roses grow so well where you are...I would think they wouldn't like so much moisture.

Lily Riani said...

never seen such colour before, stunning

Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMotte said...

Am loving this one because of it's colour. Now if only w could smell it too.

Lynda said...

Just when I think you have shown us the most beautiful roses I have ever seen, then you come up with one even more stunning that some of the previous ones!

Indrani said...

A thing of joy!!! :)

nikki said...

I think I had this one, I'm trying to figure out what it was. It died recently and I've been looking all over for another. It has the most wonderful fragrance!