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They are a little imperfect because of all the rain (and already they have aphids) but they smell absolutely wonderful.

It's Peony Madness here--there has been a ton of rain and the roses and the peonies seem to love it; we haven't flooded again (luckily) though I think all the water went to the Midwest and to Central Europe, where it is looking very floody indeed. Summer would be nice about now! At least there are rainbows--here is one in Downers Grove last night: Even in the Costco parking lot the roses look good--I want to ask my brother what kind of rugosa this is, because it can withstand wind, car exhaust, shopping carts and negative F temps and look great: Here are the leaves, which is why I think it's a Rugosa: If I bought several of these plants and put them in the back of the yard, I wouldn't have to mow there anymore!

I have a bouquet of roses from Costco that are in need of being tossed out, but I loved the colors so much I took a set of photos. With some photoshopping you can bring them right back up to 100 percent fresh, so I uploaded the large files for free stock for anyone who needs them for Valentine's Day :D.Because I suck at writing html, you have to use your "back" button to get back to this post from the large images. The link to the large version of the photo above is here: Old Roses 003, 3456x2592 Old Roses 004 3456x2592 Old Roses005 3456x2592 Old Roses 006 3456x2592 Old Roses 010 3456x2592 Old Roses 011 3456x2592