Rose Garden, Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
September 23, 2020
The most scenic route down to the Rose Garden is along a sloping path edged with logs under the deep shade of yew and Tulip poplar.
Even though, much less is in bloom in Autumn, there is still a sizeable number of roses still in bloom.
The Rose Garden in June and July
The Rose Garden on September 23, 2020
As you take the path down to the Garden, before you can see the rose bushes, you smell the fragrance of roses through the branches of conifers and over the massed leaves of hardy begonia with their flowers in bloom in Autumn.
A reminder of Covid in a nest, now abandoned, not four foot above ground in the crux of two yew branches, built when nobody was visiting.
and through a diamond-shaped opening into the Rose Garden full of light and colour.
A rectangle separated from the park by a wall, in part stone, in part masonry in part a trellis. A gazebo on the edge of the garden.
climbing plumbago on a stone wall
A sun dial, erect and somber, provides a counterpoint to the exuberance of the plants. Fountain water soothes the ears.
The roses are interplanted with shrubs and flowers, many in bloom at this time of year
Anise hyssop
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Sea Foam
White Queen Elizabeth
Pink Queen Elizabeth
A white Queen Elizabeth showing its pink variant
Sceptered Isle
St. Swithun (an Austin hybrid)
Leander (an Austin hybrid)
Winter Sunset
Molineux
Crown Princess Margaretta
Wenlock (an Austin hybrid) come to its last blooms for the year
English Garden (an Austin hybrid)
The last bud of Kashmir
Purple Rain
Chrysler Imperial
Sweet Pea Rose
Coral Drift
Home Run
Blushing Knockout
Ruby Meidiland