Lady Emma Hamilton

I had read about the lack of quality of the Lady Emma Hamilton rose on some gardening forums but from the description of the color, the scent and the growing habit, I was really excited to get it. It was sold out two years ago when I placed the order, so I had to wait until this spring until it was delivered. The condition was a little suspect when I received it; but I'm not an expert rose collector, and in general, I'm not a very picky person. So... I planted it and hoped that it would live and even thrive.

It was doing better than I could have hoped, but Maya had other ideas. The evil little girl enjoys killing plants. It's what she does best. Brodie tries not to hurt anything, and will exhibit remorse if he does misstep; but she is plantbane. You can see the evil gleam in her eye; flowers quiver in fear under her mere glance.

So she stepped on Lady Emma several times and knocked her first bud off before I put up a little fence to redirect dog traffic.

Lady Emma is doing much better now, and even deigned to produce another bud.