Some Of My Favourites

Grand Siecle - large, open flowers of palest pink...

Chartreuse de Parme - A large flower with a strong, fruity/floral perfume...

Winner of the International Cut Flower of the Year 2000. Bright red petals with deep blood red stripes...

Dioressence - Beautiful, intense perfume. The namesake of Christian Dior's great perfume...

My climbing rose Nahema - looking & smelling beautiful !

Nahema - a climbing rose with delicate almond/pink tones..huge perfume of citrus, peach, apricot, pear & rose...

Papi Delbard..one of my climbing roses, strong perfume..

My garden arch with Nahema on the left & Papi Delbard on the right..Papi Delbard - vigorous climber with a powerful perfume of citronella, rose, grapefruit, apricot peach and lychee...

Nahema beginning to make it's way up the arch...renowned perfume of Guerlain...

Nahema..becoming established on my garden arch...

Ebb Tide in full bloom. Dusky deep purple buds open into velvet plum. Has an intense clove fragrance...

Abracadabra - a striking red & yellow striped rose...

Friesia in full bloom..a striking yellow rose with double blooms. Has a distinct friesia perfume...

France Libre in bud..A fiery yellow-orange rose, sometimes touched with pink on the outer edge..Photo here in full bloom soon !

France Libre in full bloom..

Augusta Luise ~ Large, fragrant rose with 'Olde Worlde' blooms.

Augusta Luise - Named after Lady Augusta Luise, the muse of the German poet Goethe.

Stunning Karl Lagerfeld in full bloom...

Karl Lagerfeld...The Lagerfeld has a very strong and sweet fragrance, and sports long, straight stems.

The Lagerfeld rose is named after the designer Karl Lagerfeld and was introduced in 1986. This grandiflora hybrid features lavender rosebuds that fade to silvery lavender when the flowers open.

Camille Pissarro..Very hardy rose with bursts of red, pink, yellow & white changing from bud to open bloom..Large repeating flowers set off with dark green foliage...No perfume.

Hommage a Barbara. Intense deep blood-red colorings with beautifully fluted, outward curved petals which age to deeper rouge, almost black.

'Lady X' - Long perfect buds of pale lilac on an almost thornless stem makes this rose very popular for floral work. An excellent cultivar with about 35-40 petals.

Heaven Scent..As the name suggests, it has a strong, classic damask Rose fragrance... Blooms average 11cm across.

Honey Dijon...

The beautiful Honey Dijon..

Honey Dijon - warm golden brown colour with a strong, fruity fragrance...

Julia's Rose - Unusual rose, with coffee coloured petals, minimal perfume..

Julia's Rose...

Chateau Versailles has a lovely perfume with notes of freesia, apple & rose...

Chateau Versailles - Apricot-peach tones soften to pale cream with double blooms...

Magma is a stunning bi-coloured rose with yellow & red blooms on long, single stems with very few thorns..an excellent cut flower...

Papa Meilland in full bloom...

Papa Meilland - a heavily perfumed, dark red rose...

The beautiful Papa Meilland...

Paradise - lavender centre, with crimson edging..

Paradise...

Papa Meilland & Radox Bouquet...

Radox Bouquet - soft pink & heavily perfumed...

First Love - perfumed, upright blooms...

New Kleopatra - Well formed, show type blooms in amber red with yellow reverse.

Chicago Peace...

Chicago Peace - Pink & yellow with a lovely perfume & large blooms...

Maurice Utrillo - Variegated rose with lovely lemony perfume...

Maurice Utrillo in full bloom...

Maurice Utrillo in full bloom...

Maurice Utrillo - Floral/fruity fragrance.

Indian Summer - A deep apricot rose with a rich, sweet perfume...

Mothers' Love - Very soft pink with a sweet perfume...

Mothers'Love in full bloom...

Princess De Monaco - Soft cream and pink blooms - slight perfume...

Kabuki - Brilliant, deep yellow blooms. Minimal perfume. One of my oldest roses...

Montezuma - a prolific, pretty rose with repeating blooms...

Montezuma...

Fire & Ice - A bi-colour sensation of cherry red and white adorn this award winning rose. Gold Medal Winner at 2005 National Rose Trials.

Emilien Guillot - Red to orange, single, fragrant perfume of apricot, rose & white pepper.

Imperatrice Farah...a lovely bi-coloured rose. Prolific but vicious thorns !!

Not a rose, but my gorgeous Magnolia's first bloom !

Can't leave out my little garden Meerkat :-)

My beautiful Azaleas..

My Fairy sign :-)

My Fairy Door !

The Celtic Faerie Goddess - Rhiannon...

Rhiannon...

My beautiful Woodland Faerie Kachina...

Kachina - The Faerie Goddess of Beauty !!

Side profile of Fayette...

Fayette - Woodland Faerie..

The Little Faerie - Fayette..

The Faerie Sweetheart - Leanan...

Leanan...