Roses (but not mine - yet!)

We drive down to David Austin's this morning to look at the roses and to decide which may be suitable to plant here when we're ready. The perfume in the rose garden was incredible. This is 'Francis E Lester' and I love it's wild form which will be perfect to plant around some of the agricultural sheds as partial disguise. It is strong growing, healthy and sweetly scented.

I thought I should find a little out about the man for whom this rose is named, apparently he was born in the Lake District in 1868 but lived for many years in California where he imported and bred roses, this one came to market when he died.