Deborah's Garden

Roses That Won't Quit

I've often maintained that I don't do roses. Roses are too fussy for me and demand too much attention, and just don't seem to do well this far south. Some years back, however, I took three little cuttings from a seemingly wild roses that was growing over a fence on an abandoned property. I rooted them and wound up with a climbing rose that competed well with the other vines on my huge arbor. The arbor was destroyed by hurricanes, and the vines have scattered across the back garden. This crazy rose has been completely neglected, and is thriving and popping up everywhere. It only blooms once a year, and I believe it is a Seven Sisters rose. Every rose plant I've purchased has only lasted a few years and then disappeared, but this one just keeps going.