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A Blazing Beauty

            Although autumn has now well and truly given way to winter here in Melbourne, there is still a great deal of colour around if you remember to take your time, stop and smell the roses, like this blazing golden yellow and orange beauty which I saw on poking its head out from behind a for sale sign in the front garden of an Art Deco villa on a walk in early June.  I fear that the house for sale is likely to be demolished and replaced with more land intense town houses, in which case this rose, which I suspect to be a Royal Circus Rose, will probably be torn out.  I sincerely hope not.

Although the day I took this photo was the 2nd day of winter, it was a lovely and sunny day with bright blue skies: although there was a definite crispness in the air if you were out of the sun.

Circus roses were first bred in 1956 in the United States by Herbert Swim.  They were introduced later that year to the American market by Armstrong Nursery.  Herbert Swim was a famous rose breeder who bred roses for blooms that would hold up to the hot summer sun.  He is credited with raising a number of varieties of roses over his career.  The rose "Royal Circus" (also known simply as "Circus") was created by crossing the Floribunda rose "Pinocchio" with the hybrid tea "Fandango" rose.  The result is this gorgeous yellow rose that produces vibrant reddish edges.

Taken in: Australia / Victoria / Thornbury West (show map)

Taken on: June 2, 2023

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Camera: Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, f/8.0, 1/125 sec, 6.2mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS
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Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	6.2mm
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Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
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White Balance:	Auto
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