These Roses Are Red...
Here's an "I Remember" post; this time about roses. Gary and Ellen got me this Knockout Rose bush some years ago for Mother's Day, I believe. Although it could have been for my birthday, but I think that would have been too late in the season for Walmart to have rose bushes. It does quite beautifully in spring, but the Japanese beetles tend to try and destroy it later in the summer. I wage a merciless war on them until early fall, when their "season" starts to come to an end. I remember back in the days of my childhood on 4550 Woods Lane, we had an old-fashioned rose bush. I believe it was my Grandmother Davis' rose bush. My mom was indifferent about it, or at least seemed to be to me. My parents weren't either of them into landscaping or caring much about such things, though my mom loved the rhododendron shrubs; one of which was taller than the house. They didn't require much maintenance. Most of the flowers and blooming...