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My Rose History

Dear Patti,

I feel in love with Old and English roses in 91' . Now I am sold on
own-root.   

>I want to try to move some roses to a new place this year ..... to move> 

I had just moved (20 miles) and I dug up several dozen roses from our 
old home. Most of them my mother kept.(she did babysit them all last 
year and perhaps I can get some cuttings from her later.) 
We spent last year building our new home, putting up fences to keep in 
the sheep, and protect some of the roses. 

I brought with me a chunk of Ceceil Brunner from our old home of
15 years. And have two (cut into 5 peices each) roses from an old school 
(one mile from our old home) that are over 100 years. Don't know what they 
are.  I also received a piece of a rose from my lovely 90 year old
neighbor. 
She say's it was here when she arrived at the age of 18. 
(We bought the land her husband was raised on.)

YOU WROTE:
>My Grandmother had some old roses that came from Germany >

I have a rose bush, that came from a start, off my great grandmother's 
(mother's side) grave. Grandma Sophie came from Germany in 1887, died in 
1909 and received this rose just before her death with the birth of her 8th
child.  We believe the rose to be Mme.Hardy. 

I am now looking into my Father's Rose History. He has several roses. 
One that came with our family across the Oregon Trail in 1863 from
a mother-in-law's rose. (pink-moss) . I've been E-mailing him for more
personal stories and history.

So, I am starting fresh with only a few roses, as of yet.
Any propogation sucesses???  
My new garden is a large field, with full sun. 

History can be so rich with ROSES.
Roses can be rich with history.

Sincerely,
Carleen 
Rainier, Oregon
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