Northeast Gardening: Yay...blooms everywhere... even roses...., 1 by daisygrrl

daisygrrl wrote:
Thanks, everyone! Here are a few pretties from this morning ... ones that just popped. Here is the utter queen of my roses ... tho it's not in the formal rose garden, above. It's La Belle Sultane, a spring blooming Gallica named for a cousin of Empress Josephine who was captured by pirates and sold into the harem of a famous sultan. While she served the sultan, her cousin named a rose after her at La Malmaison.

Sigh