My rose for today #253 - gallica 'Versicolor' by goodoleboy

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Mar 22, 2014

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My first rose posting since Valentine's Day, captured 3/20/14, early in the morning, somewhere around the neighborhood. One of my favorite roses, which I have shown before. So as not to be outdone by Andrea when it comes to identifying flora, I did some research and came up with the following: Botanical name: Rosa gallica 'Versicolor' Other names: French rose, Thornless rose, Rosa mundi, Rosa versicolor, Rosa mundi 'Versicolor' Genus: Rosa Variety or Cultivar: 'Versicolor' _ 'Versicolor' is a vigorous, compact, spreading, deciduous shrub with serrated, mid-green leaves and semi-double, pink or white, striped and spotted crimson flowers in summer. Rosa gallica 'Versicolor' is: Deciduous Flower: Dark-red, Pink, Variegated, White in Summer Foliage: Mid-green in Summer Fragrance: The flowers are lightly scented. Habit: Bushy, Compact Ultra cool when viewed via ZOOM. Ta ta.

Comments (12)

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prutzworks

5:23PM | Sat, 22 March 2014

beautiful, never seen this species

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magnus073

5:24PM | Sat, 22 March 2014

Splendid work on this colorful capture, Harry.

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Cyve

6:40PM | Sat, 22 March 2014

WOW... Fabulous closeup !!!

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MrsRatbag

7:24PM | Sat, 22 March 2014

What a stunning peppermint coloured beauty this is, Harry, an excellent capture with fine detail and clarity! Well done, and I'm impressed by your research!

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mbz2662

7:40PM | Sat, 22 March 2014

It looks like a candy cane :) Super photo, Harry.

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jocko500

9:42PM | Sat, 22 March 2014

the colors is outstanding

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durleybeachbum

1:40AM | Sun, 23 March 2014

A superb photo! It sounds very desirable too!

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claude19

4:28AM | Sun, 23 March 2014

OUTSTANDING colors for this rose ! great capture !!!

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racolt33

10:20AM | Sun, 23 March 2014

Beautiful shot dad

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witch_1612

2:47PM | Sun, 23 March 2014

Beautiful Shot!!

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anahata.c

1:49PM | Mon, 24 March 2014

Yeah, with Denise, I'm impressed with your research too. I see a flower and say: "Big! Red! Floppy!" That's my scientific limit, Harry. You and Andrea and Denise (and some others): I'll never know how you know all these flowers and trees and plants---I'll never know. But much more than that, this capture is beautiful. Like Denise implies, this is a big peppermint candy shot, and the clarity and vividness of the flower as it juts towards us---against that deep dark green background---is just beautiful. A real rose "portrait". And your angle---very slight, but real---lets us see the shadows inside the petals beautifully. One rose after the next, you never fail. This is gorgeous flower work, my friend.

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