So a few years ago I persuaded Husband to take a spade and a carrier bag on a walk. (I'm almost sure it wasn't illegal.)
The bush flourished in our garden but the strange thing is that the blooms changed from something like this ...
to this ...
As if simply being in our garden domesticated it. The smell isn't quite as sweet either.
6 comments:
Beautiful! Simply beautiful!
what a land we live in where it even COULD be illegal to dig up a simple bloody flower!
Oh! I do that (not that I walk on a tip regularly!!) I can never resist smelling a wild rose :-)
Thanks, denise.
It is important sometimes, gleds, as we could be removing a rare plant.
They're special, aren't they, suburbia?
That's a beautiful rose. I wonder if the difference has to do with shade. I have roses which are in shade at this point and do well but the blossoms have a wild look whereas the ones in full sun look more domesticated. I am surprised how well some roses do in shade although they are supposed to have full sun.
Perhaps George has been doing some fertilising...
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