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A lovely antique rose

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Compte de Chambord is perhaps my favorite rose.

It’s an antique rose that has the most lovely rose perfume scent. The rose is quite hardy as well! It’s branches have very little winter damage in the spring and green up quickly as the weather warms.

The first flush of flowers at the end of May or in early June just cover the rose bush and the scent from the flowers wafts through the air.

Some of my close neighbors tell me that they can smell my roses – especially in the morning – and I know most of the scent that they are smelling comes from Compte de Chambord and perhaps my Baron prevost and Jacques Cartier roses as they are my smelliest roses.






The Fairy Rose

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If you don’t have a lot of room in your garden, nor time to give special care to plants you should consider getting The Fairy rose.

It’s a small shrub rose, only about two feet high with tiny roses that cover the branches several times each season with lovely pink blooms.

The only thing this little rose lacks is scent.

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Practical Flowers

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This weeks theme is Practical

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You knew I’d find a flower for the Practical theme this week didn’t you? Of course I did.

I think flowers are very practical life forces.

They develop on plants, look attractive and sometimes give off scents which attract insects who either help the plant produce fruit or that protect the plant in some way. Then, once the flower fades seeds are often produced which help the plant ensure that new plants come up the following year.

Plants and flowers are very practical.

BTW this is the seed head of a Maltese cross flower.

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