Grandma DeVries' Rose . . .
. . . This is a special rose plant! All of my cousins probably remember our Grandma DeVries' rose patches on her house on Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. Well, this rose plant was transplanted to our Myrtle St. home by my dad when Grandma sold her house to Aquinas College, circa 1968? I am guessing.
It lived on Myrtle St. until I transplanted it to Norton Shores after my parents sold their house. So then I had it for possibly 10 years there, and then all of my 21 years here at West Lake. I do not remember it ever blooming here until this spring when Penny put some blood meal in the soil.
So this plant is at least 53 years old, at a minimum, and survived 3 transplantations, and now has many buds on it! Thanks Grandma DeVries!
Grandma DeVries' Rose . . .
. . . This is a special rose plant! All of my cousins probably remember our Grandma DeVries' rose patches on her house on Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. Well, this rose plant was transplanted to our Myrtle St. home by my dad when Grandma sold her house to Aquinas College, circa 1968? I am guessing.
It lived on Myrtle St. until I transplanted it to Norton Shores after my parents sold their house. So then I had it for possibly 10 years there, and then all of my 21 years here at West Lake. I do not remember it ever blooming here until this spring when Penny put some blood meal in the soil.
So this plant is at least 53 years old, at a minimum, and survived 3 transplantations, and now has many buds on it! Thanks Grandma DeVries!