For the past few years I haven't had nearly enough time in the garden. Seriously. I had about an hour I could spend in the garden today and I spent it watering.

While watering I noticed that my rose bush had flower buds and that completely made my day.

This was especially exciting to me because I've had this bush for a couple years now and it has never flowered. Its actually not you're average rose bush that you would fine at Lowes or any other big box store. I forget where I purchased it but it is suppose to be a more "natural" (possibly native) variety. In other words it is considerably less supceptable to disease and grows better in general. It actually spreads pretty quickly and I decided to snap a shot of a bit of it spreading out:

If I'm not mistaken, I believe this variety should also be better for producing rosehips. For anyone not familiar with rosehips, they are the fruit you would get in the late fall or early winter if you never dead headed your rose bush. They are super good for you and high in vitamin C. You can easily create a "jam" by combining dried rose hips with applejuice and letting it sit for a day.

The thorns on this bush are also more delicate and slender than thorns on typical rose bushes. Which guess is a good thing if you pick and handle the flowers a lot.

Well, I am so excited that my rose bush is ready to bloom. I can't wait till it starts to blossom!

Update: Its already in bloom!

If anyone has any insight as to what type of rose this is, I'd love to know what you think!