Update: The rose bush is now dead after being severely damaged by the hard winter of 2014.

I featured my old wild rose in a post last year, and it has bloomed again beautifully.

I didn’t realize it, but it seems like it was larger last year. I remember one branch falling off, but not this much.

I trimmed off lots of dead branches a couple of weeks ago, and I’m wondering if it’s doing as well as it was before. It’s hilarious to see the old white back of my house, which has now been painted to match the original brick color under the crumby white paint.