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| Margarets Pages - Tranquility, Words of Wisdom, Serenity and Inspiration --- the Rose |
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| Fiona's Wish - a superb bush rose with wonderful perfume, ideal for cutting, and classic blooms of cherry red and amber |
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| "Grand Finale" has elegant ivory buds that open to fill thick petalled blooms of great quality. This rose has a sweet fragrance, elegance and vigour. |
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| "Taboo" a red that is almost black with great vigour and long stems |
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| "Diana, Princess of Wales" has ivory petals overlaid with pink on large blooms. A hybrid tea with great character and flowers. |
| "Golden Girls" has pointed-buds of amber-copper fully opening through copper to yellow |
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| For a lovely rose from the apricot/orange range, look for "Pat Austin". A bright copper on the inside and pale copper yellow on the outer side. Deeply cupped blooms have a heady tea scent. |
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| "Fragrant Plum" with pointed buds of deep lilace opening to blooms of rich purple-rose with a heady perfume. |
| "Blue Moon" is tall, vigourous and produces plenty of lilac blooms. |
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| "Painters Palette" is a modern miniature filled with colour and no fragrance. |
| Margaret's Roses Pages - click here |
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| Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. |
| You only fall in love once, the rest is merely practice to make sure your heart can take it. |
| A friend is a gift you give yourself Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. Albert Schweitzer |
| A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something. |
| Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha |
| Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes, just be an illusion. Javan |
| A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. |
| The folks who are nicest to be with are the nicest to remember. Holly Hobbie |
| Smile -- its the second best thing to do with your lips. |
| Happiness is where you find it. |
| With clothes, the news ones are best, with friends the old are best |
| There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do. Henry Ford |
| There is no right way to do a wrong thing |
| We should all plant some trees we will never sit under |
| Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old. Jonathon Swift |
| No one cares if you are miserable, so you may as well be happy. Cynthia Nelms |
| The future is today. William Osler |
| We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle |
| He who asks a question may be a fool for 5 minutes, but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever. |
| Where you came from is not nearly as important as where you are going. |
| The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper. Pablo Casals |
| Do not cry because it is over, smile because it happened. |
| To thyself be true William Shakespeare |
| You can't stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh. Jay Leno |
| Love is, above all, a gift of oneself. |
| Everybody needs a quiet moment. |
| We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill |
| Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing. Randolph S.Bourne |
| A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. |
| A dream is the answer to a question we haven't learned to ask. Dana Scully X Files |
| The shortest distance between two friends is a smile. |
| Be yourself and you will be in good company |
| Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of the bench when there is plenty of room at both ends. |
| Page made 17 June 2001 updated 9 Feb. 2006 |