Sharon's blog: What? Tree Roses?

This is too funny not to share.

A few years ago my nongardening but pristine-landscaping neighbor tossed to the trash a rose that she said refused to bush and bloom. I caught the toss and brought it home and planted it beside a stem of wisteria against an old clothesline pole. I suspected her nonbushing nonblooming rose might be a climber, though I wasn't sure because she had it planted in shade, with no name tag of course.  Plus the fact was, she'd pruned it to an inch of its life trying to make it fuller.

Anyway, the rose grew and bloomed and so did the wisteria. Last fall I pruned the climbing rose back a little so the canes didn't grab me during fall cleanup, then tied and wrapped the wisteria (making a standard of it).

I think I must have missed a rose cane or two when I pruned. The wisteria is full and far above my head. It's already bloomed and leafed out by now, so when I glanced outside this morning I thought something was caught in its branches. All I could see from my perch on the porch was a blob of red high up in the wisteria.

Yes. I do believe I missed a cane or two when I pruned last  fall.

I love funny sunny days like this.  A tree rose!!  Happy Easter!

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