The first flower on Cécile Brunner. There’s nothing in here for scale - she’s a tiny bloom of just 2cm on a huge plant, and there’ll be thousands more coming, right beneath my bedroom window.

Two weeks earlier than usual, she might well be my Rose of the Week - there’s another strong contender, and I need to decide by Saturday. One of the joys of writing The Gardening Mind is that I get to choose and write about a recommended rose for you on a regular basis - bliss.