My mom had this huge rose bush growing in her backyard for years. After she passed, my dad took good care of it and was quite proud that the thing often grew as tall as the house and would have hundreds of blooms on it. It was a magnificent plant.

After Dad died, we sold the house and I took some cuttings from the rose and grew my own clone. For years, it languished in our backyard, clearly unhappy and struggling. I thought perhaps it just didn't like the move from Illinois to Texas. Last fall, I dug it up and moved it to the orchard where it gets more sun and has better soil, figuring it was time for the thing to either thrive or die. I'm happy to report that the plant isn't suicidal after all, and has come out of its long depression and appears ready to do some serious blooming.

I wish I knew what variety this thing is - anybody out there a rose specialist?

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