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Gardening

Curmudgeoness

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6. Good. If that is what you are hoping for,

Reply to intheflow (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 07:26 PM

Jun 2013

let's hope you get it. And you are like me----there are areas where nothing grows, so if something will flourish, I am happy no matter what it is. Well, I lie. I have places that grew nothing, but I have found things that will grow like crazy, and all I want is it gone. "Watch what you wish for" was my mom's favorite saying, and it is appropriate here.

Rocky clay surrounded by concrete----sounds like a great place for portulaca.

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Anyone ever heard of a spontaneous rose bush growing? [View all] intheflow Jun 2013 OP

Could it be a wild rose? femmocrat Jun 2013 #1

I live on the Colorado plains. intheflow Jun 2013 #3

If it's a wild rose it will sucker like crazy. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2013 #2

Many cultivated roses are grown on rootstock Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #4

Oh, I'm 100% sure the original rose reverted back to root stock! intheflow Jun 2013 #5

Good. If that is what you are hoping for, Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #6

Portulaca would probably grow there okay. intheflow Jun 2013 #8

rootstock roses are quite lovely RILib Jun 2013 #7