Princess Alexandra, beneath the bearded Iris, and beyond the gap MaryRose (both of them David Austin) |
Cassandra (deep red, at bottom right),and above Paul's Lemon Pillar, with a flush of Pierre de Ronsard, leading into a mass of Cecile Brunner |
La Marque, on the entrance pergola |
Mrs Honey Dyson, leading into Rosa Laevigata (now almost finished for the year) and City of York in the distance |
Botticelli (Mailland) |
Pink Perpetue |
Guinee (bottom left) and Alec's Red,with, above, Kriton and more Bloomfields Courage in the distance |
Pierre de Ronsard (of which Mr Bolton, in tones of incredulity, said upon seeing it "a lot of people seem to like this rose...") |
Palais Royal (and Amadeus,in front of the spire) |
La Sevillana |
Bloomfield's Courage, and Kriton (to the right)
Tonight's Dinner:
Gnocchi alla Romana, with Gorgonzola Cream
Bass, baked in Red wine; buttered spinach
Vanilla Apple Tarts
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