First rose!

[dandysmom]

Just took this this afternoon...this is Variegata di Bologna, a Bourbon rose. It's quite early this year, considering the cool Spring. And it's fragrant!

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[Mags]

That's so beautiful and delicate Eileen, what a pity we can't smell it too!:D

[Moli]

What a gorgeous colour....

[calismum]

What an unusual rose DM. I could almost smell it just from the pic if you know what I mean.

[dandysmom]

Thanks. I love the old roses; they're not fussy like the modern hybrid teas, I guess you'd say not high maintenance...and beautiful in their own way, to have lasted so well and are still in commerce. I have more ...pics will come as they bloom!

[random]

That is very beautiful Eileen! I will have a surprise when mine come as I cannot for the life of me remember which one of them has survived and which has not!

[Leesy]

That is such a lovely rose DM, I just love the colour it reminds me of Raspberry Ripple ice cream;)

[alexgirl73]

That is such a lovely rose DM, I just love the colour it reminds me of Raspberry Ripple ice cream;)

LOl, brilliant description Leesy! Such a lovely flower Eileen. Thank you for posting:D

[pookyandjo]

beautiful rose Eileen...it does look like Raspberry ripple icecream Pualine... yum!

[angieh]

That's such a lovely rose Eileen and yes, raspberry ripple ice cream describes it so well. Wish I could smell it!

[pookyandjo]

i actually realise what it DOES remind me of.....i had a camellia bush with a flower that was almost identical in colour..before it stopped flowering... it died back quite a lot and didn't flower last year... but hasn't actually died... and no amount of camellia food has made it produce flowers