Eddie's Jewel the focal point of June.

Very often it takes 3 (the Trinity) to tackle us into submission. The problem here is not with the climbing rose, but us. The story of this rose brings to mind that when we are in the wrong place or doing the wrong thing, we will have difficulties and need to be pruned back into submission.

see scripture

Along the fence in front of the long border struts the focal point of the early June garden, an immense climbing rose.

Rosa Eddie's Jewel

We spent a day, three of us, three years ago trying to tackle it into submission*, cutting canes, untangling them and tying them into submission. We cut hose with rope through it, tied it to the fence. This last week two of us cut more canes that were blocking the pathway to the gate and tied back more canes by putting heavy rope through garden hose and tying the hose to the fence behind the rose.

Pruned and tied back, rose petals waiting for a wedding.

Here it is a few years ago in its glory, when we called it Paul's Scarlet by mistake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMCFzN2y4-s 
* Very often it takes 3 (the Trinity) to tackle us into submission. The problem here is not with the climbing rose, but us. The story of this rose brings to mind that when we are in the wrong place or doing the wrong thing, we will have difficulties and need to be pruned back into submission.