Saturday, June 2, 2012

Is it a rose? Or is it?

Our visit to the Morris Arboretum, included this little puzzle.  As we first wandered upon this plant my initial thought was "I have never seen a Rose so huge".  Then I looked closer and thought that isn't a rose -- but yes, it is definitely a rose blossom,  but not rose leaves.....

Mystery solved! It is a climbing rose in a crab apple tree.   So clever.  Reminded me of something you might find in Alice in Wonderland.

7 comments:

Martha said...

That is so neat! And a pretty site I'm sure!

Martha said...

Accident or on purpose?

Carol said...

Very pretty either way!

Lemon Verbena Lady said...

They do that a lot in England with clematis. It works very well. Thanks for sharing.

Marilyn Miller said...

What a gorgeous idea! I will have to tell my live in gardener about this idea. You know, he is the Rose Guy. We love all forms of roses here.

Steph said...

Very pretty and clever!

Angela McRae said...

That IS clever ... and now I want one!