Thursday, December 26, 2024

My beautiful, but sociopathic, rosebush

I am serious. Every time I go near it, it tries to kill me. It's an heirloom variety, smells wonderful, has razor-sharp hooked thorns.

These photos are from August 2021, the first day of rain, the drought-breaker:

 



It starts blooming in May/June and would bloom straight through the summer if I watered it. Since I don't, it usually goes dormant when it gets really dry, and then starts up again in the fall. This photo is from December 2021:

The water tower in the background is a local landmark.


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