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August 14, 2018

Quick change artist

I took advantage of another 90 degree day in Salem to take photos of a particular rose that I knew would be changing colors as the heat and sunlight intensified.   The particular rose is an unnamed seedling of one of my 'Queen Elizabeth' roses.  Its colors reflect those of the seedling's great-grandparents, which include whitish-pink, red, and yellow.  One of the great-grandparents had flowers with 5 petals.  The quick color transformation happened in just 9 hours --

9:21 AM,  August 14,  2018
6:22 PM,  August 14,  2018