Rosa banksiae, Lady Bank’s Rose, Bank’s Rose
I recently joined a group of members of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY visiting Pyrgos Vasilissis, The Queen's Tower, in Athens. This farm, vineyard, stables, olive groves is now surrounded by suburban Athens, but used to be out in the country when King Othon and Queen Amelia were King and Queen of Greece back in the 1830s to 1860s.
It was a dull and rainy day, not conducive for taking photos.
The estate is interesting and the guided tour gave us an insight into the kind of life Queen Amelia lived in the few years she and her husband were King and Queen of Greece.
The guided tour included entrance to the Pyrgos, tower, followed by a wine tasting.
There was a Banksia rose climbing over a metal pergola leading to the water cistern and the one I snapped climbing on one of the outhouses.