Tom's Rose Garden

I received this tea rose when I attended a pruning seminar with the local Lynchburg Chapter of ARS. It came from a sucker of the rose at the Lynchburg's Confederate Cemetary Rose Garden. It's cupped pink flowers are very fragrant. This rose is supposed to bloom continuously on a 4 to 6 foot bush. My young plant is pretty vigorous considering it doesn't get nearly a full days sun exposure. It hasn't shown a propensity for blackspot. I read that this was the rose that Teddy Roosevelt wore as a boutonniere.

Spring 1997

This rose is not growing very fast, but it's still produced a number of buds. Just a matter of being patient.