Rosa 'Double Delight' 1 September 2025

 

In that distant century that was the 20th my heroes were Leslie Howard, Gregory Peck, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and many more. Before the appearance of social media:

Remember her …… from 1990? She is now 92. You will gag when you see what she looks like now.

We could, then, rely that our heroes were unchanging and stable. We ignored their infidelities and we did not know if any of them had hemorrhoids.

Now with my roses I have a different philosophy generally not one shared with the members of the Vancouver Rose Society. I love my perfect rose blooms but I have come to appreciate what they look like past their prime.

Rosa ‘Double Delight’ is not an easy rose to grow. I was lucky as I had some spectacular blooms this year. Today I noticed these four and I decided that I could write something about them with the heading “Double Delight Twice”.

All the above is but an excuse to get me up from my bed rotting with my cats and into my oficina.