The Last Rose of Summer...

A beautiful scented rose ready to be moved into my proposed rose bed, once the old stuff is cleared out, and the peonies moved to the border. With a little bit of luck next summer I'll have an intoxicating scented rose bed, complete with rose arch and climbers! Well that's the plan anyway ....


'Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone.
To reflect back her blushes,
Or give sigh for sigh

Thomas Moore,
from The Last Rose of Summer
1830