Inspired by a visit to David Austin Roses in Shropshire in late summer last year. After a day in the gardens and a restorative cup of tea and slice of cake, we found a shrub rose we had been searching for to add to our own, somewhat smaller, garden.

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Inspired by a visit to David Austin Roses in Shropshire in late summer last year. After a day in the gardens and a restorative cup of tea and slice of cake, we found a shrub rose we had been searching for to add to our own, somewhat smaller, garden.
Beautiful! And blooming already?
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Sadly not, this is from a photo I took last summer.
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Beautiful watercolor. Tell that shrub rose plant to grow, grow, grow! You’ll paint its portrait.
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Thanks. It might be a few years yet, it’s only little!
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