a mixed bouquet

10 years ago

After last night's Rose Society meeting, I stuffed almost all of the roses I'd taken into one old vase I love, to make a bouquet for the motorhome table.

We sat and talked, and had a little glass of brandy, and enjoyed the colors and the fragrances -- then brought them home and put them on an old antique washstand to enjoy for another day.

Mons. Tillier, Rosette Delizy, Louis Phillipe, "Placerville White Noisette" (aka, "Jacob Zeisz") and Jeri Jennings.

Jeri

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altorama Ray
10 years ago
Those are beautiful!
Poorbutroserich Susan Nashville
10 years ago
ummmm. I can smell them from here. Just gorgeous. I am patiently awaiting the day I can do the same. My Jeri is about 6 inches high. Im pinching back many blooms tho. I did let one mature. Love it.
Is that Monsieur Tillier in the center--pink with orange?
Susan
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floridarosez9 Morgan
10 years ago
Gorgeous. Looks good enough to eat.
zeffyrose
10 years ago
A beautiful bouquet------Love the vase---I love old china-a perfect setting for roses

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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
10 years ago
There may not have been another motor home anywhere that had such a gorgeous centerpiece on the table. Aren't we fortunate?

Ingrid
jerijen
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10 years ago
Aren't we, tho? ;-)

Clockwise, from top:
Louis Phillipe
Jeri Jennings
SMALL spray of "Jacob Zeisz"
Rosette Delizy
Monsieur Tillier

Jeri
harborrose_pnw
10 years ago
I love the rich colors, Jeri. What a nice time you had! Gean
jerijen
Original Author
10 years ago
Well, to be honest, the best part was the "wind-down," with roses, brandy, DH, and dogs.

Jeri
harborrose_pnw
10 years ago
That's what I meant, lol. :)
fogrose
10 years ago
Nothing like sitting back and enjoying a bouquet of roses.

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portlandmysteryrose
10 years ago
Your bouquet is the perfect example of why growing old roses is such a rewarding avocation. Thank you for sharing it! I'd also like to thank you for selecting mostly roses that I can ID. (All but Placerville/Jacob.) I've worked so hard to learn the old faithful OGRs and am drawn to playing guessing games with bouquets. When I pass my quiz, I feel the same glow that my students do following a successfully completed assignment.

Carol
jerijen
Original Author
10 years ago
Carol, not enough of the Zeisz rose shows -- that wouldn't have been a fair test.

But in case you don't know it --

This found rose has been available from Vintage Gardens for several years (and I suppose, now, will not be available). It's one of the (DNA-tested) sports/seedlings of 'Blush Noisette.'

Gregg and Phillip collected it. Alice Flores collected it, and I collected it. G&P called it "Placerville White Noisette" and I called it "Jacob Zeisz" for the young man whose grave it guards.

He was just 25 when he died -- The son of a Bavarian immigrant who founded one of California's first real breweries. "His friends paid for this monument" -- and his mother and sister are buried next to him. We really love Jacob's striding Grizzly bear.

Jeri
Poorbutroserich Susan Nashville
10 years ago
I have that rose. Now I have the story. I love the grizzly bear too.Thanks Jeri!
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jerijen
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10 years ago
You're welcome, Susan -- To be honest, the living connection to history that these roses give us is, I think, one of the best things about them.

Jeri
portlandmysteryrose
10 years ago
Jeri, thank you for the background on the rose! For me, the stories that accompany roses are at least as enriching as the roses themselves. I'm glad Jacob was a bonus question on the quiz, and now I'm tucking his rose into my memory. Carol
mendocino_rose
10 years ago
Jeri, That's a lovely bouquet. I like to think of you and Cliff and the doggies sitting at the table of the motorhome enjoying it and the brandy(well not brandy for the dogs!).
We loved our old motorhome so much that we decided not to take it to the dump. We put it in the yard and planted Paul's Himalayan Musk on it.
jerijen
Original Author
10 years ago
And a worthy fate for a faithful motorhome. Our old one took us many wonderful places, and the new one (relatively) is continuing to do so.

And a glass of brandy, and roses, are the best way to end a rolling day. :-)

Jeri

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