LARGEST - Rose Tree in the World, Tombstone, AZ
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Scrawlinn
N 31° 42.723 W 110° 04.042
12R E 588368 N 3508897
The World's Largest Rose Tree according to Guinness Book of Records and Ripley's Believe It Or Not. It is 100+ years old and found in historic Tombstone, Arizona.
Waymark Code: WM3VDW
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 05/21/2008
Views: 109
In 1885 the Cochise House Hotel occupied this location. A guest, Mary Gee, planted the rose bush in the hotel patio. The bush, of the Lady Banksia variety, had been sent to Mrs. Gee from relatives in Scotland; some say it was a wedding gift. In the 1920s new owners of what had become the Arcade Hotel and Annex built the steel pipe and wooden post trellis that supports the rose tree. In 1938 the Arcade was renamed The Rose Tree Inn which remained a popular boarding house until it closed in 1953. In 1954 the hotel was incorporated into the Rose Tree Museum which remains today. The bush/tree now covers >8,000 square feet. It is surmised that its tap root reaches the water filled mines underneath the town.
Many off-shoots of this tree have been transplanted around town (including on our property) and probably around the world. Tombstone has an annual festival and parade in its honor in April, which is the best time to experience the glorious, exhilarating blooms.
Type of documentation of superlative status: Guiness Book & Ripley's
Location of coordinates: Museum Entrance
Web Site: [Web Link]
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