Taking Time to Smell the Roses ...

... in Mottisfont's

beautiful rose garden.

1. Adelaide d'Orleans (Rambler 1826), 2. The Rose Garden - Mottisfont, 3. The Rose Garden - Mottisfont, 4. Violette (multiflora 1921)

Us beside Adelaide d'Orleans

1. Mrs Sam McGredy, 2. Reine de Violette (HP 1860), 3. Eglantyne (Ausmak S), 4. Blythe Spirit (Modern Shrub 1999)

Pink Gruss an Aachen (Tea 1930), 2. Rosa mundi 'Versicolor' (Gallica Ancient), 3. Celsiana, 4. Muscosa (Common Moss)

1. Roger Lambelin (Hybrid Perpetual 1890), 2. The Rose Garden - Mottisfont, 3. The Rose Garden - Mottisfont, 4. Dusky Maiden (Floribunda 1947)

The Birthday Boy

Muscosa Alba, 2. Dainty Bess, 3. Kathleen Harrop (Bourbon 1919), 4. The Rose Garden - Mottisfont

Well worth a visit.