I finally have a rose on my new rose bushes! Knock-out is the first to bloom this season and I think it's beautiful.

My plans are to have a "sister's" rose arbor in the back eventually, but there are several big projects that come before that (finish the barn, build a porch, relocate the greenhouse ...). However, I wanted the rose bushes now so they will get larger and more hardy and I can propogate additional plants from them. I've never propagated anything before, so this should be interesting and exciting!

Retirement is fu-u-un!