Roses of Yesterday and Today - Old, Rare, Unusual and Selected Modern Roses

[Curmudgeoness]

3. I have one rose bush.

And I didn't want it, but had it gifted to me. It is an old heirloom Jackson & Perkins "Aloha", hardy as hell. Never any disease.

The reason that I never wanted roses is because they attract Japanese Beetles....and this one does too. I even dug it up and threw it away once when the beetles were bad. Three years later, it had grown back from some roots that I must not have gotten. So, it is here to stay, I guess.....I don't have the heart to try to destroy it again. It's will to live is too powerful.