Around the vegetable patch

Paolo Pejrone writes of this rose:
“The roxburghii rose blooms from late spring. Its jagged, delicate, and gothic leaves serve as a fitting cushion for numerous rare jewels. Introduced from China into Western gardens at the beginning of the 19th century, it made a discreet entrance, with the unmatched class of those who need do nothing to be noticed. It was once called Rosa microphylla, for its incomparable and marvellous leaves, similar to light, delicate, small ferns.
Its buds are beautiful, fleshy, and round, resembling tiny chestnut burrs. The gracefully arching branches, which can be up to three meters tall, are also beautiful and elegant. Its trunks, tormented and scaly, vary between grey and brown.
After many years of research and infatuations, erratic years spent moving from rose to rose, from novelty to novelty, from rose garden to rose garden, I think it’s time to make a brief, concise, and honest assessment, the roxburghii Rose could perhaps win the Oscar for best leading actress...
It is a rose that is too beautiful, too full of charm, and too rich in everything to ever be surpassed.”

Paolo Pejrone writes of this rose:
“The roxburghii rose blooms from late spring. Its jagged, delicate, and gothic leaves serve as a fitting cushion for numerous rare jewels. Introduced from China into Western gardens at the beginning of the 19th century, it made a discreet entrance, with the unmatched class of those who need do nothing to be noticed. It was once called Rosa microphylla, for its incomparable and marvellous leaves, similar to light, delicate, small ferns.
Its buds are beautiful, fleshy, and round, resembling tiny chestnut burrs. The gracefully arching branches, which can be up to three meters tall, are also beautiful and elegant. Its trunks, tormented and scaly, vary between grey and brown.
After many years of research and infatuations, erratic years spent moving from rose to rose, from novelty to novelty, from rose garden to rose garden, I think it’s time to make a brief, concise, and honest assessment, the roxburghii Rose could perhaps win the Oscar for best leading actress…
It is a rose that is too beautiful, too full of charm, and too rich in everything to ever be surpassed.”