Flowers on Friday ... Fragrant Roses

Let me tell you a little secret that you may be surprised to hear ... I can't smell most of the roses in my garden.  It may be the result of allergies I've had my entire life, or perhaps it's a genetic thing that prevents me from detecting certain scents.  Whatever the reason, when I stick my nose into most roses, I come up empty.


Today, I'm going to feature some of the roses in the crop of 2010 that I CAN smell.


Enjoy!

Marchesa Boccella

(also, erroneously, known as Jacques Cartier)

Hybrid Perpetual, 1842, 3 to 4 feet high

Rose de Rescht

Portland, before 1900, 3 to 4 feet high

Portland from Glendora

(may be Joasine Hanet)

Portland, found rose, 6 feet high

Chief Seattle

Hybrid Tea, 1951, 4 to 5 feet high

Felicia

Hybrid Musk, 1928, 6 feet high

New Dawn

Climber, 1930, 10 to 12 feet tall

Union Redwood Cemetery

Hybrid Perpetual, found rose, 4 to 5 feet tall

Sydonie

Portland, 1846, 5 to 6 feet tall

Maggie

Bourbon, found rose, 5 feet tall

The new Hartwood Roses web site has been up for less than an hour, and I already have people over there digging through the new crop of roses and asking questions.  How cool is that!