First blossom on my newly planted David Austin Rose “Graham Thomas”

I am absolutely crazy about David Austin’s English Roses. If you aren’t familiar with them, they have the beauty and form of old French Roses, but with the reblooming habit of the newer Hybrid Teas. I found this beauty at Dinter Nursery of course. This is a flower from a rose planted about a week ago, so they will be much larger and fuller when it is a bit more established. But I wanted to share my first flower with you.