Still in the process of choosing roses for our garden, and have bought a couple as gifts for friends as well. The photo below is of one recently bought and given to a home where roses are loved, and flourish under appreciative eyes. The name of this variety is Strawberry Hill and it is a David Austin rose.
It's named after Strawberry Hill, an 18th Century Gothic villa (detail of it in the photo), built by Sir Horace Walpole, and now incorporated into St Mary's University College, London. The rose is a vision of loveliness, and the colour begins as deep pink slowly changing to pale at the outer rims.
Decided to do a one stanza Haiku in appreciation.
Strawberry Hill Rose,
gathered petals of pink dusk,
sun-flushed clouds of dawn.
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