Scent in the Heritage Rose Gardens

I have shared about the lovely Tea rose, Devoniensis, many times across social media., but have I shared about her delicious scent? Let me give you a description of this loveliest of heritage roses ...

Bred in England in 1838, she is probably one of the earliest Tea roses still available today. Many Tea roses do not do well in northern hemispheres as they don't cope well with extreme cold. This is an advantage, of course, for our warmer southern hemisphere climates. And in Queensland, Devoniensis does well in our warm sub-tropical climate. There is no doubt that she is an exquisite rose to grow in any garden. Her blooms are filled with soft, silken petals that are surprisingly tough.

There is no doubt that she is a worthy garden rose, and a lovely cut flower too! But ... her fragrance is beyond heavenly!!!

It's a difficult thing to describe scent with words, but Devoniensis is just altogether lovelier when you have sniffed her delicious scent! As with many of the Tea roses, Devoniensis has a subtle background scent of dried tea leaves! Add to this blend a sweet hint of the classical rose, along with the tiniest wings breath of honey and you have scent of angels!!

And Devoniensis is extremely generous with her flowering. In the peak of Spring, she will offer up whole bunches of buds and continue flowering until Autumn. So you can treat yourself to lavish bunches of gorgeous silken flowers to cut and fill a vase. And once you bring her inside, her scent will linger in which ever room you leave her. In fact, she will ghost a whole room with her delicious scent, so that you are almost haunted by the fragrance as you leave the room!