This with the greatest sadness to inform you all of these rose bushes have been destroyed by the new owners of this lot in Pacific Palisades. I am absolutely gutted. All of these rose bushes survived the Palisades Fire and somehow generated blooms without a spec of water for months.
The charred remains of previous buds were evident as new flowers started to bloom over the summer. I went everyday I could, bringing 10 gallons of purified water, and watered these roses. I trimmed them, cleaned around them, and sprayed them with Neem Oil. I figured any living organism that fought that hard to survive deserved some kind of attention.
I don’t live here. I live in the Central Valley . I come down to Pacific Palisades to house sit for a friend every couple of months. Imagine my surprise when I drove up to the place and saw equipment clearing the land. I had emailed the real estate agent, with the listing for this property, before I left last month, requesting that someone could continue to take care of these roses. The agent never acknowledged my email. Therefore, I was not totally surprised this happened. I am just so saddened she couldn’t have reached out and let me at least try to salvage these plants.
It is truly disappointing to see such blatant disrespect for plant life that tried so very hard to survive when literally everything around it burned...
Read moreHuntington palisades is a beautiful place with lots of beautiful gardens and homes spacious roads.you can feel the ocean breeze and on 4th of July its wonderful because they have a marathon a parade and then fire works for free!also its great to bring the kidos on Halloween night its safe its fun and lots of candy!!!u must come early parking is terrible i recommend it 100%this is how my child was dressed when we went there last year and a...
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