Yay, Windermere! A real Windermere!
I bought a rose that was labeled Windermere back in the fall. Turned out it was something I never could identify. The garden centre was nice enough to take it back this spring and order me another one... and it looks like it's the real thing this time. :)
Just a tiny bit more open. This bud's taking forever!
Windermere opens up a little bit more... tease.
Can finally see inside! Smells really good, too. :)
Windermere has sooo many buds. I counted over 40 of them a week or so ago.
Windermere doesn't really open fully... at least not with all its petals intact. It stays cupped, then drops a bunch of petals, and then turns into this for a little while before they fall off, too.
Some aging George Burns blooms in the background.
Old and new Windermeres.
There's another candelabra of buds like this that haven't opened, and then the bush will be done with the current flush. Gotta say, it sure puts out the flowers!
Looking up to the sky.
Windermere is proving to be an awesome rose. Really fast to rebloom and always so many flowers! It smells awesome, too. The biggest downside is that the petals fall off really fast. I have to watch out when sniffing them because my nose will send half the flower crashing to the ground. Worth it, though.
Windermere is blooming fast and falling fast. Each morning the flowers from the previous day are gone and new ones have opened.
Yay for shadowy backgrounds. :)
I liked the side view here with the ruffle, but still the globular bud shape.
Windermere and George Burns are next to each other, and both of them think they're in the wrong place... Windermere grows into George Burns, George Burns grows into Windermere. I like the look of them together, though. I just find it funny to find the dropped petals of the one in the other plant's pot.
Two of the strong-smellers side-by-side. The purple one is Neptune.