Two roses

I took these pictures in our garden at Avissawella, yesterday around 5pm after a gentle shower of rain. The sky was cloudy throughout the day and the colours of the flowers have not been scorched by the sun.

Another rose

Another rose in our garden at Avissawella, Sri Lanka. Is it shedding a tear?

'The rose's scent ...'

'Fairest things have fleetiest ends, their scent survives them close,
But the rose's scent is bitterness, to him that loved a rose'.

Picture taken in my home garden, Avissawella.

Roses from Thailand.

 I saw these multicolored rose plants for sale at the Viharamaha Dewi Park in Colombo. The going price was Rs.2000/- each plant. The vendor at the stall told me that the plants were imported from Thailand.