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An R. banksiae planted in Tombstone, Arizona in 1885 is reputedly the world's largest rose bush. It covers up to 9,000 square feet (840 m 2 ) of the roof on an inn, and has a 12-foot (3.7 m) circumference trunk.
The trunk of the world's largest rosebush. According to Guinness, the world's largest rosebush was planted in Tombstone in 1885 and still flourishes in the city's sunny climate. The Lady Banksia rose originated in Scotland. Mary Gee was the wife of mining engineer Henry Gee, who worked for the Vizina Mining Co. Mary's family sent the homesick ...
The Europa-Rosarium, formerly the Rosarium Sangerhausen, is a municipal rose garden located in Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.With 8300 cultivars and species [1] it is one of the largest rose collection in the world, playing an important role as budwood source and in research. [2]
The rose bush reaches a height of around 10 m (33 ft) and documentation verifies its age at around 700 years. [6] Slight variations arise in the tale of the establishment of the diocese by King Louis the Pious at Hildesheim in 815 but the rose bush is a common theme in all versions. According to legend, while the rose bush flourishes ...
In the 1950s, the annual pruning demonstration drew thousands of rose enthusiasts to the park. [11] [12] [13] By the mid-1980s, the garden had more than 20,000 rose bushes and more than 200 varieties of roses. [14] [15] The All-America Rose Selection, a rose growers organization, began donating its Rose of the Year to the garden in 1940. [15]
W. Kordes' Sons) is a German rose breeding company in Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The company is one of the world's leading rose breeders and producers for cut roses and garden roses, annually selling worldwide more than two million rose plants at retail and wholesale. Each year, more than 50,000 new crosses of ...
LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -European shares ticked up on Thursday after falling the previous day, while Asian stocks slipped, as trading volumes thinned ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.
Monolith with bull, fox, and crane in low relief at Göbekli Tepe. The density of most stone is between 2 and 3 tons per cubic meter. Basalt weighs about 2.8 to 3.0 tons per cubic meter; granite averages about 2.75 metric tons per cubic meter; limestone, 2.7 metric tons per cubic meter; sandstone or marble, 2.5 tons per cubic meter.