My rose(s) for today #126 by goodoleboy
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Hey, I'm not all cars, geese and shadows you know; I do like the floral aspect of daily life and photography.
Captured 5/8/10, around 8:20 AM, along the wall outside the congenial confines of my condominium complex.
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My research indicates this particular rose is the iceberg variety of floribunda, which grow in great clusters all over the place ...shopping malls, industrial parks, recreational parks, etc.
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BIRTH OF THE FLORIBUNDA ROSE
The first floribunda roses were introduced in the early twentieth century. While breeding officially began by such hybridizers as Poulsen, Nicholas, and Kordes, it is believed that the very first floribunda was Peter Lambert's 1903 cross of a polyantha named Mignonette with a tea rose called Souvenir de Mme. Savlayrolles, which produced a variety called Schneekopf.
However, many rosarians feel that it was Eugene Boerner who developed the floribunda rose into what it is today. Boerner developed numerous floribundas during his 45-year career at Jackson & Perkins beginning in 1920, which lead to his becoming known as "Papa Floribunda." During that time he developed such floribundas as Vogue, Ivory Fashion, Apricot Nectar, and Gene Boerner (which was introduced posthumously). Gene Boerner hybridized more than 60 floribunda roses in his lifetime -- eleven were given the All-America Rose Selections (AARS) award.
Source: http://scvrs.homestead.com/FabFloribundas.html
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Toodles, thankx for coming by, and for any and all complimentary comments and faves.
Comments (16)
Meisiekind
I love icebergs! I have pink and white ones in my garden! They are very easy to grow and not at all prone to the many illnesses that can attack roses! Lovely collage of these beauties Harry!
Ilona-Krijgsman
wonderful white roses..and white is not easy to catch, but you did well
babuci
Such a wonderful pureness. Love the 2nd shot a best, so much petals forms a gorgeous head.
danapommet
Very pretty capture collage but I was looking forward to part II of the 1930 Ford Model A. :>) Dana
morningglory
Great info on these Roses. I prefer the floribundas also, and this white variety is really beautiful. The first pic is my favorite!
MrsRatbag
Beautiful pure beauties! Great captures, I love the bottom closeup!
jocko500
lovely white ones too. so lovely
tennesseecowgirl
They are lovely~~ have a happy week!
DEWoodward
Beautiful flowers!!
durleybeachbum
Beautiful shots of this hardy urbanite, Harry!
Rainastorm
Sooo pretty...mine are pink and budded but not out....soon I hope! :-)
debbielove
Rose's ......for Rose... If you don't mind me borrowing these, Harry.. :-) Another stunning collage, my friend, of floral delights! Wonderful in their perfection.. Beautiful in the sun.. Well done, my friend. Rob The grass! On my Car Show pictures. All the shows I have been to take place on what is known as 'Council owned Public property.. that means, its a public park to be used for whatever but the Council (State), upkeep it, including cutting the grass regularly.. Thus the manicured lawn look.. Rob
anahata.c
Harry, these are just gorgeous, I mean the captures (though the flowers are beautiful too). I know well how many subjects you capture, and each with equal commitment & work. Your montage goes from bunch to single, to bunch to single, and they seem to get lusher as you go along. But that's only part of it. The captures are as much about light as actual petals; your light streams onto and through the petals as if they were transparent, and it makes them seem alit. It's a bunch of sensuous silken wonderful plays with light and undulation, and as we make our way to the final panel, it's almost a painting at that point, in how the final flower is a mix of shade, light, furrow, etc, as if it had rendered itself in the purest visual terms. And you have what appears to be softer focusses as you go down too, until the last one is like a soft painting rather than a flower. A beautiful "photo essay" on the texture of flowers, and how light plays with them, particularly these white roses. Stunning bunch. What a stunning bunch this is. Beautiful work.
bmac62
Wow, Harry...it is neigh to impossible to follow a Mark comment;-) You obviously have an abundance of roses blooming now. You have both captured them and displayed them with a most practiced eye and hand. Well done:)
myrrhluz
Beautiful images! I find white flowers so hard to capture well. You did wonderfully here! I love the light and shadows! The second is my favorite!
mermaid
oh so gorgeous, a virgin amongst the roses and you bbrought her character out so well in your shots!