roses language study

bed of roses	Roses live in beds. In fact you can have all sorts of flower beds in your garden. Its the area of earth set aside for growing flowers. There is also an expression which you may hear. You might be told that 'life isn't a bed of roses!'. Normally you are told this when something is difficult or uncomfortable. It means you cannot expect everything to be easy or pleasant.


tucked away	If something is tucked away, it is concealed out of sight. This cafe is hidden behind some trees. It is a good idea to tuck away your wallet in a safe place.


herbaceous border	This is a flower bed, normally bordering a lawn, which contains a mixture of flowering perennial plants. Perennial plants are those which die down in the autumn but return each spring. Most traditional large gardens would contain a herbaceous border. In smaller gardens people now often have mixed borders containing some perennials but also shrubs and annuals. Annuals die after flowering for one season but sometimes new plants grow from the seeds.


at their peak	The gardens were at their peak. Here it means at it's best or the highest point of achievement or talent. An athlete is at her peak when she is achieving her best results. A singer is at his peak when he is singing in his finest voice. It can also indicate when something is at the top of it's level of activity. You would not want to travel on public transport at the peak of the rush hour. All the buses are full.


exotic species	Many of the birds in Regent's Park are not native to Britain but are kept in the park to be of interest to visitors. Something is exotic if it is different and more interesting than normal, in this case because they come from far away. At Kew Gardens in London there are greenhouses full of exotic plants from all over the world.


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Regent's Park Roses

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