There are some Phailbin shenanigans that I’ll get to in my next post, but first, I wanted to post a couple of pictures of one of my roses. It’s a hybrid tea that came with the house. Why the previous owner planted so many hybrid teas is beyond me, since they generally don’t do all that well in this USDA zone. The poor thing had a really rough summer, between the deer, black spot, and powdery mildew, but when it blooms, it’s a nice one — and I don’t even like yellow as a rule. It has a classic rose fragrance, with no citrusy or vanilla notes.
Normally, I’ll plant OGRs or climbers, with an occasional shrub rose, all of which do fine here, but I inherited a bunch of hybrid teas that were planted way too close to the house. Charlotte Brownell is one of them. I’ll have to wait until next Spring to transplant them, but so be it. In the meantime . . .
That is a really nice, subtle shade of yellow.