Monday, 28 June 2010

A rose by any other name…

It would seem grossly unfair that I should spend a few days up with Ma and Pa and not come back with feverish pictures from the extravaganza that is their garden at the moment. 

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I should have gotten closer to these hollyhocks and delphiniums

 

 

 

 

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Looking up through the rose aisle to the ‘bandstand’

 

 

 

 

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The ‘bandstand’ with just a hint of the roses surrounding

 

 

 

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The vibrant pink on the left is a Rosamundi, the oldest known rose and brought over by the Romans

 

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Roses from the ‘bandstand’ with the moat in the background

 

 

 

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The rosamundi looking wistfully romantic

 

 

 

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Looking down the garden towards the house

And you can’t have shots of the garden without the devil-may-care  handsomeness and obliging nature of Sam

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The rockery and waterfall outside the conservatory

 

 

 

 

 

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More roses because who can get enough of them…

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