Stefan Sch\u00e4fer, Lich <\/a><\/p>\nAnd they mean that literally. I just learned about the Rose of Hildesheim. A Rosa canina<\/em>, or wild dog rose, it is thought to be about 700 years old. Among the many feats of its long life, it was bombed during WWII. Not that the rose was a target, I’m sure, but the cathedral, which gave it support, was. All the above-ground shrub was believed to have been destroyed but the roots were intact. The stone rubble created something of a haven for the rose while the half-timbered houses around it burned.<\/p>\nI read something about a thousand year rose and then did a web search. There’s a good wikipedia page (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thousand-year_Rose) with links to other references.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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