the 12 x 12 rose......

ok, so this evening we spent a great deal of time repairing our gates....the gate into the driveway.....the gate to the lake......the fence and gates are at least 18 years old....nd have settled with time...and rusted a bit.....and so it took a bit of wd40 and an electric buzzsaw to even out the gate versus driveway...and the gate versus patio.........and the BIG rose....well it just sat there...being very big.......the variety is snow bush....and my brotherinlawwhogrowsroses said it would be a monster......and so this single rose bush takes up an entire section of our lot.....and when it is in bloom we cannot see our across the street neighbors at all......which is why it is where it is......but this rose blooms only once......and so for the rest of the year we see brilliant foliage and no white rosettes.......ah well.....