My First Alba.

Rose Refugee: Konigin von Danemark., a photo by Leenechan on Flickr.

The first one to bloom for me, anyway!

I had wanted to leave this on the plant to photograph, but we got the cold, rainy side of a nor'easter yesterday and that would have ruined everything. When I cut this flower it looked like a rag, but see how pretty it is now that it's opened up!

The flower is small. I'm not sure if KvD will have larger flowers once she matures. If she doesn't, that's okay. This is very nicely formed!

Now that's a big flower!

Wow!, a photo by Leenechan on Flickr.

The latest bloom from Simon Estes measures 5 inches across! What a rose!