I definitely understand...I spent all day before it got sooo hot cleaning my rose bed...one rose bush is from a hundred year old bush that belonged to my gggmother, I rooted that bush!! Now...my DH did not put the pinestraw nor any covering over the ground that he said he would...the grass has taken over.

I can't even see the danged roses when I look outside...my grandson dug up those bushes when we moved from Florida to here...if I lose so much as one danged bush...somebody is gonna need bail money. He says I didn't say he needed to do anything...
Sometimes, we all do things a lil bit revengeful, even if we don't realize it...
I would send you a flowering rose bush if I could...