You’re lucky, leeneia, to have a Morden Blush rose! Our federal Department of Agriculture produced a wide variety of hardy roses, including the Explorer series (we used to have a John Cabot climber and a Jens Munk that was incredibly bristly). The Morden group were developed at the Agriculture Canada research station in Morden, Manitoba.

Our new rose is of a type the developer calls a “landscape” rose, meaning it’s a bush rose that should not require the TLC demanded by hybrid tea roses. We hope. I don’t remember the cultivar name — shame on me. It has double flowers that are yellow and pink at the heart. I do hope it thrives ...