We love our striped roses (#FOTD)

Today’s entry in Cee’s Flower of the Day photo challenge is a bud from our Rock & Roll rose.

This poor thing has suffered through two moves and a ridiculous amount of neglect. We bought it in Southern California in about 2012. We dug it up in 2013 and stuffed it in a pot when we moved to Flagstaff, then planted it in our backyard, where it was abused by grasshoppers all summer and froze all winter. We eventually moved it to the front yard, where it would get more attention and better soil. Then when we moved to Tucson in 2020, we dug it up and stuffed it in a pot (again). Now it’s planted in our backyard, where it spent May and June being baked in dry, triple-digit heat. But we had the wettest July on record, and we’re still enjoying lots of rain and humidity, and good ol’ Rock & Roll is coming back to life.

Hubs and I have a thing for striped roses. Here’s another one, Camille Pissaro. We bought this one here in Tucson.

See more pics from our Tucson and Flagstaff gardens here.