The bold color, the gently unfurling bloom...the rose should stay. But (below) the leaves and flowers are eaten and looking sad with damage from Japanese beetles, slugs, and sawfly larvae. I pick them off to avoid using chemicals, yet it's a lot of work. So the rose should go. Yet I love the bright, cheerful color from the view at the kitchen sink. Okay, it'll stay.


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