This rose is Graham Thomas. It’s an English Rose by David Austin. Isn’t it lovely?

This rose grows to close to 8 feet or so each year, even after a bad winter when I’ve had to prune the rose bush down to a foot or less in the spring. It’s very resilient. It also blooms abundantly each season. I’d say once it gets going the blooms come almost continuously actually!

Sorry I’m so late with my GTS post this week. My mouse died yesterday and I didn’t get a new one until this afternoon … plus we’ve had major storms here again too. Ice storms and lots of rain and that’s affected my internet connection. As a result of all of that I wasn’t able to post until now. I sure hope my internet connection stays up this time.

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