This gorgeous yellow rose is typical of the higly-refined floral specimens cultivated by the expert hands of the horticultural devotees who are Longwood Gardens' employees and volunteers. Like a fuel-skimping Smart Car, you don't have to pamper the 'petal' to get great mileage out of a Hybrid Tea Rose such as this. Although on this fine June day plenty of the plants in the Rose Garden appeared naked (ie, with no blossoms, perhaps previously consumed for their soft roughage by greedy visitors) we were heartened to locate this lonely but proud sample of God's cheer. Ostensibly this hearty bloom had outlived its velvety neighbors, surviving the rapacious appetite of many an undernourished vegetarian by defending herself with her lasting beauty. Also appearing from time-to-time at Longwood Gardens are noticeably less-refined creations, such as the carnivore hiding behind all this cheesy imagery and narration. (For more cheesy imagery and narration check out the prequel, "Longwood Gardens - Woman at Well Wets Whistle". And be sure to catch our sequel, "Longwood Gardens - Topiary Topography is Tops!".)
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