Why Lady Banks Rose Covers a Trellis
White sprays seize the lattice. Their force comes not from a single extravagant bloom, but from Rosa banksiae's habit of setting clusters along mature canes, where many lateral buds open almost together after a winter of stored growth. The effect looks reckless. Yet its logic is botanical: a broad framework lets each thin stem claim light without smothering its neighbors.The plant's real trick is ...More
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