I have vivid memories of my mother's garden roses. Especially their sweet and potent scent. Rarely will any florist rose have the pure scent as a true garden rose. The rich scent of garden roses are bred out of a florist rose on purpose to lengthen their vase life leaving their smell weak and dull. But once in a while, a certain variety will smell so pure and sweet that instantly I am 3 again with my nose deep in fresh garden petals.
I now have a cute, flower happy three year old with a little sister in toe and another girl on the way. Remind me to plant a rosebush for my three year old. Her middle name is Rose.
LOVE this. I think there were red, pink and yellow? I think the pink smelled the strongest? Thats just what I dug out of my memory, it could be completely wrong. There was one color that was stronger than the others though....
ReplyDeleteYes! i think it was the pink that smelled the sweetest. :)
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ReplyDeleteSorry - It was the one just to the right in the picture - Coral! My favorite! Did you girls even know that I grew & tested roses for Jackson Perkins when you were little? They sent rose bushes... I planted and tended and answered hundreds of questions about color, fragrance, size of blooms, length of stems, lasting quality after cut and on the bush, etc. I LOVED it... I guess the rose doesn't fall too far from the bush, Tina!
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