{RARE ANTIQUE ROSE: JEANNE D'ARC (1818 FRANCE)}

Just want to share with you our very first roses of this year. One of the garden photos taken on April 10 did show you the first rare antique rose on the fence; called Jeanne d'Arc (1818 France).

•  On the 17th of April, Pieter came inside from the garden, holding out a red rose for me... 
• Always such a tender, romantic moment! I did put it in a silver vase, with silver rosebud, and made a photo to capture the moment.

•  Here she is, just perfectly shaped and dark red. 
• Next to the rose is a first snipping of our Victorian hybrid Pelargonium Red Rosebud just opening with another pink Pelargonium to fill the tiny silver roses vase.
• Will write about them and their sources later.
•  Underneath is a rose silicon trivet that I found in The Netherlands on the web. Got two of those and they are very special.  

• Three days later I was lucky enough to fill an antique Baccarat crystal perfume bottle with three red roses!

• Are they not perfectly shaped red roses? They certainly made my day. 
• By the way, my sister-in-law Elly Van den Munckhof once did crochet this beautiful doily for me! 
• The pineapple pattern is symbol for hospitality. 
• I still treasure it and here it shows off the roses very elegantly.

•  This photo shows the Baccarat perfume bottle better. 
• Well, we did have some very heavy rains with thunderstorms and that is visible on the rose-petals but nevertheless, they are still beauties!
• Now a few days later on the 21st the Jeanne d'Arc surprised us with numerous buds and fully opened roses.

• Yes, Jeanne d'Arc you are a beautiful antique French rose from 1818, that is quite an age! 
• We were fortunate to find these in 2001 at Pickering Nurseries, in Canada. 
• For rare antique roses they are a great source! Just check them out.