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“Double Delight” – Hybrid Tea
Taken: August 2010
“You can’t light a candle to show others the way without feeling the warmth of the bright little ray. And you can’t give a rose, all fragrant with dew without part of its fragrance remaining with you”….Helen Steiner Rice
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For Chris VanCleave aka "The Redneck Rosarian", growing roses has become a passion. Chris currently serves as President of the Birmingham Rose Society and is an active member of the American Rose Society serving on the Marketing and Membership committees. His writing appears at About.com, ShelbyCo Magazine and on his popular blog, RedneckRosarian.com where he chronicles his gardening adventures and explores an intrinsic mix of life, faith and gardening. Creator and host of Rose Chat Radio, the only broadcast dedicated to growing roses, Chris is a tireless advocate of our national floral emblem; the rose. He and his wife tend a rose garden of over 150 roses just south of Birmingham, Alabama.
“Double Delight” – Hybrid Tea
>This is such a lovely rose and the verse is so sweet,love it.I am starting a rose garden this year,would welcome your recommendations for fragrant roses,in a variety of colours.They would have to be hardy,to suit our climate.Any advice would be most welcome.Carolyn.
>What a beautiful rose. I am SO ready to see my roses again. I plan to enlarge my little rose garden. I would like to work in some flowers among them. Any suggestions?Kelly
>Very nice macro! And a cool take on life. Thanks for visiting.
>Such a beautiful rose and wonderful fragrance, too! If it is disease resistant, I would say that's a perfect rose. You have something to look forward to, come spring!
>I agree, Double Delight is a very fragrant rose. I love to grow it in my rose gardens. Another rose I love to grow, maybe not quite as fragrant as Double Delight is the rose Parole. It is a large beautiful dark pink and fragrant rose sure to stir your senses.