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Climbing Cecile Brunner - the view from above
Climbing Cecile Brunner is glorious at the moment. Unfortunately, the best way to see it is from the roof of our house. Planted at the back entrance, it quickly overcome the little roof-top over the back door, so we built a big 10-feet tall arbor to grow it on. It is so high up that, unless you look up, you'll miss the blooms. This evening I decided to get up on the roof and photograph it from above.
First, the view from below, the way we normally see it:
The view from standing on the roof:
Now, there are two windows upstairs that overlook this rose but they are small and we are rarely upstairs. Maybe this view will lure me upstairs more during the next several weeks. Quite a difference!
Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
Comments
Sherryocala, it is a thorny rose. I don't do much pruning on it because it is so hard to reach (even with a ladder).
Jess, I've not noticed BS on this one but, as you can see, it is hard to monitor it. I do have many other roses that are fairly resistant to BS.
Looks like yours has been beautiful as well!
Beautiful roses!
Why is UNA closed today?
We went the other day and Z had a great time using the microfilm machines. I enjoyed reading from the Thoreau Quarterly, I think it's called.