Monday 13 January 2014

SUBURBAN GARDEN WITH 'DORTMUND' ROSE

This is a quiet street in Northcote, an inner Melbourne suburb. Most houses have both front and back yards and they are generally well looked after. This stunning rose bush invited photography!

Rosa 'Dortmund' is an upright, Kordesii climbing rose producing showy clusters of flat, single, red flowers with a white eye and dense glossy, dark green leaves. Dortmund has all the great qualities of the Kordes style: health, vigour, and clear elegant lines. The lovely ruffled blooms, of a cheery red with a large white eye occur in large clusters further set off by the glossy dark green foliage. It is impossible not to notice this rose when it is in bloom. Introduced in 1955.

This post is part of the Nature Footsteps Floral Macros meme,
and also part of the Our World Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme.





10 comments:

  1. Rosa Dortmund is indeed a beauty Nick!
    Beautiful pics on such a clear blue sky day in Melbourne!
    Shane

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  2. The climbing rose is gorgeous.. Lovely images! Enjoy your week!

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  3. Wow! What color and great shots ~ carol, xxx (A Creative Harbor)

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  4. How beautiful! I'm wondering if it smells lovely as well.

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  5. That is an example of red in natural abundance. Stunning colour for the streetscape.

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  6. A very striking rose Nick. Hope it manages to hold on to its blooms in this heat.

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  7. How beautiful is that. Striking.

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  8. Beautiful roses. And so many of them.
    Have a nice evening.
    Mormor

    http://www.starbear.no/mormor/2014/01/14/blomster-macro/

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