Morning Glory
Yesterday morning I walked to my front door and a beautiful flash of colour caught my eye as the sun in the east gilded one of my Papa Meilland rose blooms. I just had to go out and photograph it.
Papa Meilland is a magnificent French hybrid tea rose. Named in honour of a Doyen in the rose breeding world by his Grandson, the now famous Allain Meilland, Papa Meilland has dark, velvety crimson coloured petals and a magnificent, strong, old rose fragrance. This rose was bred in France and introduced in 1963. I have two of these bushes in my front garden, and although white roses are my favourite type of rose, the Papa Meilland rose would come a very close second!
Summer has finally come to Melbourne after a long and grey winter, and one of the wettest springs on record, and everywhere, gardens are bursting forth with beautiful coloured blooms in a profusion of colours. Yesterday had a beautiful golden hour of sunset which just gilded this bloom so beautifully.
Morning Glory
Yesterday morning I walked to my front door and a beautiful flash of colour caught my eye as the sun in the east gilded one of my Papa Meilland rose blooms. I just had to go out and photograph it.
Papa Meilland is a magnificent French hybrid tea rose. Named in honour of a Doyen in the rose breeding world by his Grandson, the now famous Allain Meilland, Papa Meilland has dark, velvety crimson coloured petals and a magnificent, strong, old rose fragrance. This rose was bred in France and introduced in 1963. I have two of these bushes in my front garden, and although white roses are my favourite type of rose, the Papa Meilland rose would come a very close second!
Summer has finally come to Melbourne after a long and grey winter, and one of the wettest springs on record, and everywhere, gardens are bursting forth with beautiful coloured blooms in a profusion of colours. Yesterday had a beautiful golden hour of sunset which just gilded this bloom so beautifully.