November and December are the perfect months to visit the National Rose Garden at Woolmers and I was there with some friends this week. I think the garden has never looked better and those who work there - many of whom are volunteers - are to be congratulated. It looks simply stunning!
The garden contains thousands of beautiful roses and many of them were named for a member of a royal family - somewhere. I've mentioned our Crown Princess Mary of Denmark in previous blogs but the best known royal is our very own Queen Elizabeth.
The rose, named for Her Majesty many years ago now, forms large candy-pink single blooms on a tall vigorous bush. It has only a slight perfume but is a perfect rose for picking and always looks lovely in a vase.
This is one of the world's all time favourite roses and pretty well everyone has a Queen Elizabeth rose in their garden - almost certainly not realising anything about its aristocratic name.
Her Majesty is herself a keen and knowledgeable rosarian and, I'm reliably informed, she loves this particular rose.
I have more stories about the roses in the National Rose Garden at Woolmers and the connections they have to royalty, so you'll need to watch this space....
Right now there are literally zillions of buds on thousands of plants in the Rose Garden just bursting into bloom - so, don't delay, visit today!!
Check out the website at http://www.woolmers.com.au/
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