disease resistant
this hybrid opens ruby-pink stars over an extended season
The species epithet frondosum means leafy or frondose
To plant one is to join a small circle of gardeners keeping an all but vanished species alive
" That flavor is the whole reason to grow the tree
Rosa palustris 25/11 Restock disease resistantThe swamp rose is one of the few roses that truly loves wet feet, a tall, graceful native shrub of the eastern United States that grows wild along pond edges, streambanks, and in the low, seasonally flooded ground where garden roses would drown. Reaching four to eight feet on arching, sparingly thorny canes, the plant opens fragrant, single, clear pink flowers through the summer, each a simple five petaled saucer around a boss of gold stamens, a soft,