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RE: Roses for a warmer climate

Hi Mia,

Here's one for ya.

In 1884, a new young bride and her husband traveled by wagon train
with dreams of striking silver. Soon they began building a home near
the mining company her new husband was employed with.  

Home sick, her family sent her precious memories from native
Scotland.  It was a box of greens, peices of shrubs and several 
cuttings from her favorite rose. Lovingly she planted and tended it. 
Today this Historic rose covers over 8,000 square feet, and is the 
World's Largest Rose Tree.  It grows in Tombstone, Arizona, and 
is the delightful  White Lady Banks, or rosa banksia alba. 

My sister just returned from a visit there, and knowing my passion
for roses bought a cutting from this exact rose. It will be planted 
with care along the South side of my house. Awesome story, huh...!
(And it's not even my birthday.)

In warmer climates this rose is usually evergreen. White, one inch,
fragrant blooms cover this climber in early spring.  It is disease
resistant, pest resistant and even deer resistant one source says.  
It just doesn't like cold climates. Slightly tender. Zone 7-8.
And Heirloom carries it too.  

Pictures and more information:
http://www.support.net/medit-plants/plants/rosa.banksiae.RTI.html

Sincerely,       
Carleen Rosenlund of Rainier, Oregon -USDA-8
Sweetbriar - Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
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