May 18, 2009

A rose by any other name

If only we had smell-a-vision.

I wasn't going to plant roses because they're so conventional, but one rainy day I found myself in the rose section of the nursery, and I caved.

I walked around sniffing every rose before choosing this one. It's a Hybrid Tea Bush Rose - Mr Lincoln.

It was only a bud when I bought it, but the other day it opened and I wasn't disappointed. It has the best fragrance!

It's doing really well in the sand, I can see why people fill their gardens with roses here.