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Peggy Martin Rose – The Toughest, Most Beautiful Climber! 🌸🌿

Scroll on down to read the True Story of the Peggy Martin Rose!

Looking for a gorgeous, fast-growing climbing rose that thrives in South Alabama with almost no maintenance? Meet the legendary Peggy Martin Rose—also known as the "Hurricane Katrina Rose" because it survived weeks under saltwater! This thornless, disease-resistant beauty explodes with cascades of pink blooms in spring and fall, making it perfect for arbors, fences, and trellises.

✅ Fast-Growing & Vigorous! – Covers fences, arbors, and trellises in no time.
✅ Thornless! – Enjoy its beauty without the ouch!
✅ Tough as Nails! – Disease-resistant and thrives in heat, humidity, and even neglect!

Come grab your Peggy Martin Rose at Dothan Nurseries and watch it transform your garden with grace and resilience! 🌸✨

Here's The Full Peggy Martin Story!

Oh, the story of the Peggy Martin Rose is one of survival, resilience, and a little bit of garden magic 🌹✨

Back in 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Homes were destroyed, gardens were wiped out, and entire communities were left underwater. Among the countless tragedies was a woman named Peggy Martin, a passionate gardener from Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. She had cultivated an incredible garden with over 400 antique roses—her pride and joy.

When the storm hit, her home was completely submerged under 20 feet of saltwater for two full weeks. Everything in her garden died... except one rose. Just one.

It was a thornless climbing rose with clusters of small, pink blooms. Somehow, against all odds, this one rose survived. No one knows how exactly—was it sheer determination? Divine intervention? Rose superpowers? Whatever it was, it stood as a symbol of hope and beauty after unimaginable loss.

People started calling it the Peggy Martin Rose, and it quickly became a beloved plant in Southern gardens, not just because it’s gorgeous and tough as nails, but because it tells a story. A true story of coming back after the storm, of holding on when everything else gives way.

Today, gardeners plant it as a tribute to resilience. It’s a rose that literally weathered the storm 🌬️🌊🌸