Thursday, May 5

Switched out Zephrine Drouhin rose for one I like better (visually). It's a climber with rugosa rose parentage called William Baffin. It grows on arbors in formal gardens at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (near Bloemendaal House), and John Wise recommended it to me.  Its single flowers are so beautiful: sort of an peachy apricot with rose overtones. There's also one stem of Lipstick salvia in this little "arrangement."

And here's a closeup of that great rose.