I love old roses, they require so little care, they are survivors and are happy where they are planted, maybe we could all take a lesson from this beautiful bush!
I took a cutting from this bush over 20 years ago, I don't have any idea what it's name might be or even how far back her heritage might go. The blooms smell wonderful! If I ever had to move, I would list this bush as a "must take along".
It is a beautful cool sunny morning! We received almost two inches of much needed rain.
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Beautiful Rose! I love that is so old and comes back every year.
I have four old roses - one pink came with the house. Another pink, deeper, came from the place I used to live - it's called Rosamunda (developed for Henry XIII and named after one of his mistresses); a white that came from my great grandfather's homestead; a yellow (sister says it's a Harolson, I think) that came with my husband's great grandmother from Virginia to South Dakota.
Only the house pink is blooming -the others were planted two years ago and are just now getting their roots established so they can grow to blooming size.
I LOVE old roses - and found some wild roses in a rock pile yesterday that I need to dig and transplant.
Blessings - beautiful pictures!
Theres nothing more beautiful than a rose.. growing up we had a wild rosebush not too far from our house next to a small river, the whole plant was probably close to 6 feet tall and at least that around.
One day the county decided to widen the river a bit, just enough to knock down the old rosebush. One of the only times I'd ever seen my mother cry was that day.
Just gorgeous rose! The color makes it special!
I am here through Connie Peterson.
Thanks for the kind comments! I have one other old rose, which is a pale pink and opens a bit later than this one.
Connie, how wonderful to have the memories with each of your old roses.
Jim V, your mother must have loved that old rose, I can relate to that!
That's a lovely picture. Must admit I know almost 0 about gardening and plants, hope to learn something around here.
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