Olympiad

A rare flower photo for me.

This hybrid tea rose is a gloriously crimson red rose. It won the All-American Rose Selections award in 1984 for its elegant beauty and form and starts blooming in late spring to early summer. This rose has been in our garden for 16 years and was dormant for many years but a few days before one Christmas it bloomed gloriously -- this winters rains have encouraged it to be more prolific this year giving us a beautiful Easter display

[PhylM-S]

stunning! lovely focus and light shows the velvety texture.

[M. Brutus]

A lovely rose. Who'd have thought, YOU taking flower pictures? A beauty.

[Jay Butterfield]

@mbrutus Thanks Marshall -- couldn't resist this one.

[Anita Campbell]

This is gorgeous. Yes, I think the rains prompted our roses to spring into action too. They are loaded with colorful flowers right now.

[sally agnew]

How beautiful :)

[Brett]

Nature is beautiful - perfect color!

[Ron]

Elegantly presented Jay! That rose was begging to be put on 365.

[Kathy A]

Perfect rose! Great shape and colour

[Jay Butterfield]

@elatedpixie @mbrutus @aglennc @hermann @brett101 @stray_shooter @kjarn Thanks for stopping by. This is dubbed as my daughter's rose as it first bloomed on her birthday ( a few days before Christmas) and her middle name is Rose.

[Anita Campbell]

@jaybutterfield Beauutiful red! We must be thinking similar thoughts and have similar rose stories. Check out my alternate photo for today.