Arizona Primroses

At least they remind me of my lovely yellow primroses back in Michigan.  This is the Lady Banks Rose.  The specimen shown here is clambering over the neighbor's fence into my yard.  Later this year, I am going to take some cuttings to see if I can start a few of these plants. 

The individual flower of this rose is quite diminutive, as each bloom is slightly larger than a quarter, yet these are borne in clusters - this is a group of 14 - and produced in great sprays across the entire bush.  This picture shows a vanilla bottle vase and a coaster for a pedestal.  Tiny!

The flowers bloom but once a year, but for a show like this from a rose in the desert?  Worth the wait*.

I'm not the only one who appreciates this rose.  Here is one of our resident lizards who spends a lot of its time sunning on the wall just below the boughs. 

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* - When we took this house rental I was happy to see three rose bushes in the backyard.  Over the winter they produced large tea-rose buds, but none of them ever opened fully.  And now the leaves are going over to mold.  Such a sad thing, roses not acclimated for the desert.  And not mine!  So I can't follow my inclinations and give them away to someone who might be better at catering to their needs!  So sad. 

Comments

[deb]

I love Lady Banks. I am so glad it can grow in your area as well as our humid North Texas.

[Kathryn J]

I have a weakness for yellow roses. Your Lady Banks is a winner. Thanks.

Kathryn