Vibrant Fresh bloom on Mme Laurette Messimy at the Nancy Steen rose garden October 2008, and an opportunity to add how uplifting it is to visit this garden so early in the season and see my favourite rose classes, the teas and chinas at their brilliant best.

Mme Laurette Messimy a pink china rose of lovely drooping elegance,
pictured here with psychodelic effect against a bed of euphorbia.