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The late rains have made it an amazing rose season. The briar rose in our front yard is a waterfall of pink blooms, and a house nearby has a mini-standard of some sort of old rose with creamy open flowers with gold centers - so many, it looks like a rhododendron from a distance. The other day I walked home a different way from the bus and noticed that next to a vacant lot that must have had at least two houses on it, part of the hedge consists of a red briar rose that, leaning on neighboring shrubs and trees, has heaved itself up to what must be at least 12 feet and is shooting off blooms like a roman candle.
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