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lifespan of a rose
Donna proclaimed:
You honestly cannot believe a rose that your mother planted 50 years ago is still living. If you do believe in this then i suppose you would believe anything your mother told you? There are of course, countless examples of roses living this long or longer. My own mother who is 90 years old has a 'Peace' rose that is planted in her garden and growing well that was planted in the 50's. Still blooms every year, and hasn't reverted to the root stock. Go into any old neighborhood in America and you will find roses on every single block that are of the same era or older. The 'Texas Rose Rustlers' organization is predicated on the idea that there are old roses all over the place that can be 'discovered'. Varieties that were thought to be lost to history. Own root roses are more likely to survive a long time than budded or grafted roses. Bob Bauer Zone 6 in Salt Lake City http://www.rose-roses.com/ |
lifespan of a rose
"Donna" wrote in message
om... (FRbud35) wrote in message ... How long can a rose live? I have a rose in my garden that my mother said she thought she planted in the 50's. She said it was called "American Beauty", It is still going strong. You honestly cannot believe a rose that your mother planted 50 years ago is still living. If you do believe in this then i suppose you would believe anything your mother told you? No reason a rose bush can't live 50 years, that's nothing as far as plants are concerned. There is a Creosote-bush out in the Mohave that is estimated to be 6000 years old, Redwood trees regularly get to be a thousand years old. Joshua trees, out in Joshua Tree National Forest, average 200 years, and some live to be 900 years old. A rose bush in a garden probably gets plety of TLC, if the same owners have lived there the past 50 years. Plenty of others here have already mentioned that some roses are several hundred years old Sameer |
lifespan of a rose
Snooze wrote:
"Donna" wrote in message om... (FRbud35) wrote in message ... How long can a rose live? I have a rose in my garden that my mother said she thought she planted in the 50's. She said it was called "American Beauty", It is still going strong. You honestly cannot believe a rose that your mother planted 50 years ago is still living. If you do believe in this then i suppose you would believe anything your mother told you? No reason a rose bush can't live 50 years, that's nothing as far as plants are concerned. I agree, Sameer. And I would just like to add, in an "aside" to Donna, something many of us may be thinking but all of us are way top polite to say: What the hell is WRONG with you, DONNA, anyway? What else are you absolutely sure of that isn't remotely true, hmmmm? G |
lifespan of a rose
"Donna" wrote in message om... (FRbud35) wrote in message ... You honestly cannot believe a rose that your mother planted 50 years ago is still living. If you do believe in this then i suppose you would believe anything your mother told you? To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. - Jules Henri Poincaré Allegra |
lifespan of a rose
"Snooze" wrote in message thlink.net...
"Donna" wrote in message om... (FRbud35) wrote in message ... How long can a rose live? I have a rose in my garden that my mother said she thought she planted in the 50's. She said it was called "American Beauty", It is still going strong. You honestly cannot believe a rose that your mother planted 50 years ago is still living. If you do believe in this then i suppose you would believe anything your mother told you? No reason a rose bush can't live 50 years, that's nothing as far as plants are concerned. There is a Creosote-bush out in the Mohave that is estimated to be 6000 years old, Redwood trees regularly get to be a thousand years old. Joshua trees, out in Joshua Tree National Forest, average 200 years, and some live to be 900 years old. A rose bush in a garden probably gets plety of TLC, if the same owners have lived there the past 50 years. Plenty of others here have already mentioned that some roses are several hundred years old Sameer I agree, i think it probably could live for many years. I've been living in my house for 17 years and the roses are still there and they look as if they have been there for many years before i came. If you look after something properly it can life as long as you want it to. kirsten |
lifespan of a rose
In article , dave weil
writes You honestly cannot believe a rose that your mother planted 50 years ago is still living. If you do believe in this then i suppose you would believe anything your mother told you? Why wouldn't this be the case? Roses can *certainly* live that long. Of course they can. I had one in my garden that the previous owner said dated back to the 20s. There are some in old English gardens that are eighty-plus years old - I think the original Kiftsgate rose is more than that. -- Jane Lumley |
lifespan of a rose
As far as rose longevity: There's an old cemetary near here that dates back to the Gold Rish. In it are tombstones untouched for many a decade, but the roses are still flourishing. |
lifespan of a rose
Can't beat the old blood and bone for roses...
farmgal wrote: As far as rose longevity: There's an old cemetary near here that dates back to the Gold Rish. In it are tombstones untouched for many a decade, but the roses are still flourishing. |
lifespan of a rose
farmgal wrote:
I'm in Yolo County, and the Capay Valley cemetary near here dates back to about 1860. It is still in active use today. The roses don't get regular care; ie; pruning and fertilizing, but it does get water and has daily supervision and is quite rural, so the level of vandalism is quite low. I've got a few cuttings from it which are starting to takeoff. Would love to visit both Sac and Placerville this spring! Here's a website with info on the Sac cemetery, http://home.inreach.com/verlaine/roses/index.html Are there any old roses in the Capay Valley cemetery? I just checked Mapquest, you're not too far from Yosemite, are you? What an interesting place to live! |
lifespan of a rose
Are there any old roses in the Capay Valley cemetery? I just checked
Mapquest, you're not too far from Yosemite, are you? What an interesting place to live! Thanks for the Sac info; I can't wait. And I guess Mapquest is wrong sometimes. I'm about as far west of Sac as Placerville is east. 10 miles or so from UCDavis and Vacaville. I haven't IDed anything for sure, but there's a number of roses growing around headstones that date to around the turn of the century. Are you in Placerville? |
lifespan of a rose
farmgal wrote:
Are there any old roses in the Capay Valley cemetery? I just checked Mapquest, you're not too far from Yosemite, are you? What an interesting place to live! Thanks for the Sac info; I can't wait. And I guess Mapquest is wrong sometimes. I'm about as far west of Sac as Placerville is east. 10 miles or so from UCDavis and Vacaville. I haven't IDed anything for sure, but there's a number of roses growing around headstones that date to around the turn of the century. Are you in Placerville? No, I'm in San Diego but a group of us took a trip to the gold country 3 years ago to scope out the cemetery roses. It was a gas! |
lifespan of a rose
I'm green with envy :)
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I agree, I think it probably can live for many years. I have been living in my house for 17 years, roses remain, they look like they have been for many years before I came. If you take good care of the things that it can live as long as you want it.
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I believe roses live longer too, all they need from you is to take care of them, give them the water and light they need, and they will survive for longer than how much you could expect, it all depends on you.
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