After spending a day in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden on June 17, my daughter and I spent the morning of June 18 visiting the Cranford Rose Garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Here are some of my photos.
Layout and description of the garden:
I was intrigued by the rose arbors situated all around the garden, both by their beauty and their simple construction: pairs of rusty iron pipes placed in parallel about 18 inches apart and bridged by rusty chain link fence. The effect really was lovely even though rusty pipes and chain link fence don't sound appealing:
Unfortunately, I did not capture the entire name of the rose cultivar used for the arbor; anyone know what it might be?
I loved the combination of Pomponella and Eskimo:
Very fragrant and beautiful Queen of Sweden:
A few more, some very old and some new:
Chevy Chase was spectacular draped on a heavy chain along a fence:
A nice place for a wedding:
As was done in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, Allium was planted throughout the roses as an insect deterrent, but here the cultivar was Millenium.
Visiting the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden and the Cranford Rose Garden were once-in-a-lifetime events for me, and I treasure the memories. The primary purposes of the trip were for personal research (first-hand seeing and smelling lots of roses all in one place) and enjoying gardens with my daughter. Omitted from the photos posted here and in my previous posting (Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden) are rose cultivars I saw in those gardens but that I already have in my garden (Dark Desire, Beverly, Wedding Bells, Savannah, Lady of Shallot, Good As Gold, Winter Sun, Sunny Sky, Polar Ice, The Poet's Wife and Olivia Rose Austin). Many of the roses featured in Peter Kukielski's excellent book, "Roses without chemicals," were growing in this garden but were also omitted from this posting.
I also love the color combo of the plants behind Flower Circus!
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