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| Right now for work I am temporarily living in a little old town in West Texas. Recently I found the city's memorial rose garden. Currently it is in a sad state, the irrigation hoses broken in pieces, overgrown weeds, dead roses and no name labels. Even with the messy state it is in, I find this old rose gardens beautiful, especially with the old rock walls borders. If I could pickup this garden and rock walls and move it to my real house I would.
Anyways, today I found some blooms and just thought I would share them. Even in a state of neglect, there is beauty to an old rose garden. I love the 1920's rock walls:
Overgrown weeds and half-dead roses, but oh the potential!:
Fragrant red. Crystler Imperial?:
Beautiful buttery yellow. No fragrance:
The picture doesn't show the yellow interior, but this large rose bush looks to be Hot Cocoa. This surprises me since rose is a fairly recent variety:
A very large, chiffon pink bloom with a medium old rose fragrance:
Hope you enjoyed. |
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| How lovely and sad at the same time. Maybe you could give it a little TLC?! |
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- Posted by amberroses 10a-Pinellas Co.FL (My Page) on Fri, Oct 26, 12 at 22:19
| It looks like someone cared a lot about the garden and then no one did anymore. It is really sad. The roses look pretty good despite the neglect. I hope some rosy gardeners find it again someday and bring it back to its former glory. Maybe if you posted the name of the town someone living nearby will be motivated to go and tend it? |
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- Posted by northtexasdude 7b (My Page) on Fri, Oct 26, 12 at 23:04
| Its Alpine, TX. I am actually tempted to contact the parks department and ask if it is ok for me plant some of my potted roses that aren't making the cut in my garden. |
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- Posted by canadian_rose zone 3a (My Page) on Sat, Oct 27, 12 at 14:19
| I love those old walls too!! I would love to have them in my yard. Carol |
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| I have the urge to get in there and clean it up!!! I wish it were closer to me :) Tammy |
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| A lovely and special place, thanks for sharing. |
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- Posted by zeffyrose_pa6b7 6b7 (My Page) on Thu, Nov 8, 12 at 21:12
| Oh my --how sad---I love the stone walls---and that beautiful deep red rose looks very healthy even with all the neglect wouldn't it be wonderful if a group of rose lovers could adopt this place----- |
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