Prowling wayward garden centres in early morning rain is when I’m in my element. Fragrances are drawn out with the moisture creating a dreamy atmosphere; and along with the quietness, one makes time to enjoy the experience.
Towards the rear was a pallet covered in roses nicely potted. Just not any roses but David Austin roses! My heart leapt as I gasped. Are my eyes deceiving me? Glasses were donned and I began to read labels. Oooooooo dear where do I begin.
I spent so long there circling each plant, checking bud count and health of stems and leaf colour that the Manager sauntered over and asked “are you in your element?” with a huge smile. I could have hugged him.
An hour later I left with four beautiful roses. Two DA’s; Teasing George and Tranquility; and two Yukon Sunrise grown in Ontario by a relatively new nursery. Teasing George is a climber with those cabbage rose blooms in pale peach; Tranquility is more a shrub rose with soft white blooms; and the Yukon Sunrises are shrub with brilliant yellow blooms.
All four were sited and safely planted in the Burnt Land and are still blooming to this day.
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