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PlantTherapy: June is the Month of Roses

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It is easy to sail through one month and on to the next without a pause or a backward glance.

Here are a few fresh shots for those of you who didn't have a chance to stop during the Month of Roses...


 
 

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These were shot on the one day I did stop to appreciate roses in all of their glory, at the NYBG's newly revamped rose gardens. From a distance you only see thousands of colorful constellations. It is dizzying.

Once you enter and creep closer for a look, you can spends hours marveling at the variety of shape, color and complexity. It is easy to see how roses have been adapted to almost every facet of our lives, from medicine and pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics, perfumes, fashion -it is virtually unending.

For those that need more inspiration follow this link to the NY Times article for the new gardens and to meet their new and enthusiastic curator of roses, Mr. Peter Kukielski.

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Comments (4)

How lovely to see a post devoted to the rose. I grow close to 200 roses in my garden and I can hardly describe how wonderful they each are and how different. The fragrance, the visual beauty, they are absolutely stunning. Some are sweet and charming and some are total divas, but always beautiful. Nice to see these beautiful roses.

posted by susan on 2007-06-30 17:05:22
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Thank you. A beautiful lift to a very bad day.

posted by Alana in Canada on 2007-06-30 21:58:30
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Me too Alana; I hope your day got better!

posted by tin_angel on 2007-07-01 17:39:04
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Gorgeous roses! We are hunkered down in a BAD snow storm here in Ohio! These pictures remind us of the warm month's ahead!

posted by gardengirl on 2008-03-08 13:46:54
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