Flower of a Queen Elizabeth Rose

This Queen Elizabeth flower shot was taken in the gentle evening light a few days ago. This flower was the first of a cluster that are opening.

My dad grew some of the Queen Elizabeth roses we have from cuttings of roses in his garden, and they have been part of our garden for around 40 years. They still produce lots of flowers, and it's not unusual for them to flower through summer and autumn and almost until Christmas.

I wrote a short history of these roses earlier this month - http://365project.org/fishers/365/2020-06-06

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@bruni @pattyblue A shot of a Queen Elizabeth rose flower, as you both requested.

Ian

[gloria jones]

Beautiful petal details

[william wooderson]

Stunning! Such a pure pink...

[Kerri Michaels]

pretty

[Sylvia du Toit]

Fav

[Pat]

That is so pretty, such a lovely pink. Thank you for showing us the flower in bloom.

[carol white]

A gorgeous rose 🌹. Fav!! 😀

[KoalaGardens🐨]

it's quite perfect too :)

[Peter Dulis]

sweet

[Pyrrhula]

Great close up of this beautiful rose. Fav.

[Babs]

What a beauty.

[Kathy A]

This is beautiful

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful capture and flower. Looks like my pink rose which produces many flowers and continues blooming for most of the year.

[Casablanca]

A truly beautiful rose and how wonderful that you have had it for so long.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[Elyse Klemchuk]

This is very beautiful!

[Fisher Family]

@seattlite @will_wooderson @moviegal1 @sdutoit @pattyblue @carolmw @koalagardens @pdulis @pyrrhula @onewing @kjarn @sangwann @casablanca @bkbinthecity @kchuk

Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

To me Queen Elizabeth roses will always be special, not only because they are so attractive, but also because of the link with my dad, who we lost just over 20 years ago.

Ian

[Nina Ganci]

its a beautiful rose! wow!
fav

[bruni]

Thank you Ian. it's a gorgeous pink rose with such a lovely name. fav.

[Fisher Family]

@ninaganci @bruni

Thank you both - to me it is certainly the queen of roses!

Ian