Congratulations, Ma'am, and thank you.
I couldn't let this weekend to by without celebrating the Jubilee. It's quite something. Go on, admit it. I bet that even if you're usually quite curmudgeonly about the royal family, you're quietly moved by the whole event. After all, having the same Head of State for 60 years is quite something for a country.
Having a queen at all is something to treasure. We enjoy a continuity of history that doesn't happen when a president gets elected every four years and we have an apolitical head of state - one who represents us to the world, unsullied by whatever political hue the UK bears at the time.
So, in celebration, I've investigated roses. A couple were launched at Chelsea this year just for the occasion: Peter Beales came out with Queen's Jubilee Rose (a fully double-flowered shrub rose, white with pink flush) which is nice, but I'm not keen on double flowers; David Austin offered Royal Jubilee (large, deep pink flowers, petals curving inwards) whichI think is, frankly, quite horrible.
...Landscape Juice Network
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