My Lovely Belle.

Iobelle in Shadow., a photo by Leenechan on Flickr.

I suppose that to some rose gardeners that Iobelle must look like the most generic large-flowered bicolor hybrid tea rose out there, but I love her so much! Even though she has an ARS rating of 6.5 and almost cankered herself to death this year. I think her flowers are just fabulous. They're bigger than my fist!