Winter beauty in the rose garden.

I cannot be said that the garden....any garden, has nothing to offer in the Winter months. Roses, with their thorns and architecture, and even the occasional withered bloom or bud, are often a visual treat on a frosty morning.

Pictured here is a seed grown plant of R. sericea ptericantha, the Wingthorn Rose.

Happy New Year to all, and may 2011 be kind to you and your gardens.