Friday, June 7, 2019

Friday Garden Favorite

Friday Garden Favorite - Rose “Apple Blossom”. Nice little rambler hybridized by Luther Burbank in 1932. While “following” MeMa and a friend around at the annual Laurelhurst neighborhood garage sales in 1999 I discovered this rose growing on a long stone wall. I was told by the homeowner that it was her mother’s favorite flower. When her mother passed from cancer her father started cuttings for each of his daughters so when it blooms they would think of their mother. They were thrilled when I asked for a cutting.



5 comments:

  1. A lovely blossom, and a lovely trellis, too.

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  2. That is certainly a beautiful rose.

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  3. A wonderful rose, I would like some like these around the walls of my house .

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  4. Very beautiful. Thank you, Doc.

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  5. How lovely. I have many plants in my garden that came from friends and family who are no longer. I don't always know the botanical names so the plants become Molly's iris or Shelagh's rose! I like to take cuttings of my roses and other plants to share with friends. Gardening is a generous pursuit.

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