I think this was the best moment in May. A surfeit of roses. That doesn't happen often. I picked as many as I could and stuffed them into vases and bowls and kept a bowlful in the bedroom.
Their scent is described by David Austin as "a cool violet character." A good inscription for a headstone.
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Hello, we have a David Austin Graham Thomas in our garden in Suffolk, England. It looks fantastic just now.
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