Yellow roses have always been my absolute favorite, and I think because of this particular bush.
This is the rose bush behind my parents house. I remember waiting excitedly for spring and summer to come so I could watch them bloom and then become dizzy with their sweet fragrant smell.
When I was younger the rose bush was shorter than me, and now it is stunning in its enormous size. I believe it is over (or about) twenty years old? I hope at the new house, of course that is when we get it, that I will be able to get a clipping and start my own. ---------
My mother did this with a clematis that my late Grandmother had growing at her house. When my Grandparent's house was sold, I tried to take a clipping of the clematis too, however it did not make the long thousand mile drive back to Boise, Idaho where I was living at the time. Luckily, it survived at my parents house, and now they have a wonderful purple flower blooming in their yard every year since. I did however, get one beautiful picture of the wondrous flowers, and have it still framed for me to look at. Maybe I can try again with the clippings next spring. Lets hope that this time I can have those growing in my yard for more wonderful memories in the years to come.
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When we visit my great grandma in Gillette we always have to take a look at a particular tree that my Mom planted when she was a little girl. It's giant now!
those are indeed lovely! It's a shame that I've only seen planted roses in farms that produces only ONE stalk per plant and not a bush like this! Perhaps it's the climate where I live that we don't grow such, you're so lucky! ^^
Gorgeous roses! I hope a cutting will work. It sounds like a wonderful idea. :)
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