Last month I started a series of posts based on a few of the alphabetically ordered topics in John Fisher's book, "The Companion to Roses." I started with "A" for All-America Rose Selections, and that seemed to bring about a good discussion. So today I'm continuing with the letter "B" for button-eyed roses. Fisher writes about them as follows:

"A button-eye is a deformity of the carpel, the structure that carries and protects the ovules, and is distinguishable as a small green boss or pointel in the centre of the rose bloom. However, the term is also often used to refer to the hub of small petals that, in a very full bloom, may be so completely curled over as to show only their reverse sides."

Do you grow any roses with either of these definitions of a button-eye, and if so, do you have any photos to share? Here are a few that I grow that come to mind (I think they qualify)...

Wedding Cake


Blush Flower Circus (aka Blush Veranda)


Christopher Marlowe


Traviata


English Garden

"Benny Lopez"

"Roseville Noisette"

"The Portland From Glendora"

Great examples Jeri!

And one more, Mike . . . "Setzer Noisette":

Lots of beauties!

The only ones I have that could be considered buttons are
Rose de Rescht


And Reine des violettes

AH! But you can grow RdV to look as lovely is it ought to be.

Thanks, Jeri! But I still can't do anything about the cruddy leaves they both get, lol.

I get those button eyes on Perle D'Or


I have always loved the great button eyes on Christopher Marlowe, wish I still had it.

I think one of the most charming button-eye photos I've ever seen is your picture of Joasine Hanet (aka Portland from Glendora), Sue:

Perle d Or

One of my favorites!

Oh thanks Zuzu for posting that photo, yes, that's such a pretty bloom, took that one at the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden.

Is this a "button-eye".


This is the NOID rose that I was asking about last month.
I still don't know its name. This is the best picture of a
bloom that I've gotten from this bush.
David

Perle d'or is so pretty!

I have it planted in dappled shade and purchased from here:

https://antiqueroseemporium.co...

Thought y'all might like to see a BIG Perle d'OR . . .


And perhaps a group of them:

Oh my, a Super Colossal Perle d' Or!
Thank you.

I'm gobsmacked! Roses never grow this abundantly in the northeast. Sometimes I wished I lived in California!

No you don't Mike, not right now anyway, It's all on fire, up here we were surrounded by fires, ash for weeks now! Today we woke up to orange skies this morning, was so dark at 9AM that we had to turn lights on, felt like 9PM. That's from a fire 150 or so miles north of us.

Scary! Please be safe.