They were come back to the hollow, round which the
dog-roses grew, and they both paused under the charm of the faery evening light, reflected from the pale pink clusters.
Great choices for a good-sized tree include 'Crimson Shower', with dark foliage offsetting crimson flowers, and 'Francis E Lester' for a wilder-looking flower like a super-sized
dog-rose (both David Austin).
While the roses regarded as most desirable for distillation into rose-water were red or crimson,(3) the
dog-rose, wild rose, or eglantine, then as now, ranged from white to pale pink.