Yes I live near Austin.
Old roses are weird, the ones that we transplanted from a family homestead planted over 100 years ago are most strange.
When the property was sold all members of the family with interest went out and grabbed the roots of the roses and brought them home to transplant.
I knew nothing about transplanting except Hubby told me to cut the roots before putting them in the ground.
How he knew this I do no know, he is a city boy.
For some odd reason I got it into my head that plants that old like he Josher trees in the the desert needed to be planted by compas points. I threw the plants into the tub and let them soak 24 hours, dug holes in the ground, by the compus points, cut the roots and stuck them in there.
Then I walked off leaving it to Mother Nature to decide if they lived or died. These roses had never been fed any kind of rose food, for 100 years they just grew to take over the side of the house.
It has been about 10 years now and those suckers have spread out big time, and my roses are the only ones to have survived the transplant in the family.
Interesting thing is every year depending on the temperatures or rain fall the roses change color, they only bloom once a year but when they do the smell takes over the front yard and house with the windows open.
I have wondered if I could sell cuttings from these roses, they are antique plants, and some people may be interested in their history that can be documented with photos.
