Blue Beauty
When my mother-in-law passed away a few years ago, a close friend gave my partner and I a standard Brindabella Pink Bouquet rose to remember her by. She loved flowers, especially roses, so it was the perfect choice! Pink Bouquet was bred by Sylvia and John Gray of Brindabella Country Gardens Nurseries in Queensland in 2009 and introduced it into the Australian market in 2011 and the United States market through Sun-Fire Nurseries in 2018.
The theme for Smile on Saturday for the 21st of November is “flora in monotone”. The rules for this theme advise that the monotone cannot be black and white, so I have chosen a deep blue instead, which is not too dissimilar to the Blue Moon breed of roses, although I promise you that this is not a Blue Moon rose!
With ruffled blooms, as the name suggests, this rose is a beautiful soft pink, however what you don’t tend to notice with colour photography is the almost imperceptible spattered petal edges. The colour difference is not so different to the main pink hue of the rose. Yet here in monotone blue, it is very evident. With over forty petals per bloom, I love the shape of this rose’s centre as it slowly reveals itself to us in what is eventually a very full bloom. It seemed the right choice for the theme this week.
Blue Beauty
When my mother-in-law passed away a few years ago, a close friend gave my partner and I a standard Brindabella Pink Bouquet rose to remember her by. She loved flowers, especially roses, so it was the perfect choice! Pink Bouquet was bred by Sylvia and John Gray of Brindabella Country Gardens Nurseries in Queensland in 2009 and introduced it into the Australian market in 2011 and the United States market through Sun-Fire Nurseries in 2018.
The theme for Smile on Saturday for the 21st of November is “flora in monotone”. The rules for this theme advise that the monotone cannot be black and white, so I have chosen a deep blue instead, which is not too dissimilar to the Blue Moon breed of roses, although I promise you that this is not a Blue Moon rose!
With ruffled blooms, as the name suggests, this rose is a beautiful soft pink, however what you don’t tend to notice with colour photography is the almost imperceptible spattered petal edges. The colour difference is not so different to the main pink hue of the rose. Yet here in monotone blue, it is very evident. With over forty petals per bloom, I love the shape of this rose’s centre as it slowly reveals itself to us in what is eventually a very full bloom. It seemed the right choice for the theme this week.