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Gitagal wrote:
But----What I truly fell in love with was these amazingly fragrant "Rugosa Roses" they all call the "Sitka Rose". They grow wild along the roadsides and also around buildings.

There is a controversy that this is NOT the true Sitka Rose, but a transplant from Russia in years past. I don't care!!!!! The fragrance will knock you over! I even pulled up some starts and took some cuttings and hand-carried them in a sack with wet paper towels (over 6 days of 100* heat) and when I finally got home, I planted them, lovingly, in some pots to root. Well--they NEVER made it! I guess the 6 days did them in! Besides--there is a HUGE difference in out climates from here to AK!

So! This is the picture of "My Love!!!"