My mother had three of these. She used the petals to make the most gorgeous rose-petal wine I have ever tasted. I can still remember ...Read Morethe psychological trauma of raising a glass to my lips and smelling roses, which is not what you expect a drink to smell like when you are about to drink it.
The flowers, incidentally, are lovely, and the petals hold their scent after they have fallen naturally - my mother used fallen petals, she did not strip petals from the plant to make her wine.
I'd love to grow some, but I'm in the UK, and I can't find Erotica available anywhere. Does anyone know a UK source, or does anyone have cuttings to spare? Thanks.
My mother had three of these. She used the petals to make the most gorgeous rose-petal wine I have ever tasted. I can still remember ...Read More