Thursday, May 31, 2018

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Some more roses from cemeteries

Both once blooming. However, in my opinion the roses in cemeteries, and once blooming roses in general,have something about them that elevates them to a different status than the hybrid teas and the other modern roses.
Both of these roses the graves are from the early 1900s with the pink on being an older grave.
The pink one as it opens reminds me of a freshly opened Charles de Mills, but pink. As the blooms age, they lose the cupped shape. The plant suckers.
The red is a suckering slightly more than single rose. It has gallica type prickles at the base of the cane, and few prickles on the rest of the canes.


An older bloom but still the same as above.




Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Tricolore de Flanders


A gallica from 1826. White and pink stripped. Cup shaped. Will sucker. Has a green pip in the center instead of stamens and pistils.

Monday, May 21, 2018

Pioneer Cemetery in Salem

 The Pioneer cemetery was established in 1841. The dark purple one suckers, but makes a great sight to see in mass. It only blooms in the spring unfortunately. There are several more roses than what is showed here. The first pink one looks similar to what I know as Old Blush. The first white rose is fragrant, but only spring blooming as well.