I was talking with someone about roses the other day. Ok, we were both bragging about our roses, and how well they grow, despite our challenging environment. As flowers go, roses are impressive. For good reason; they’re gorgeous. They’re among the most widely celebrated flowers around. Not that everyone grows them, for many reasons, but they’re not all as hard to grow as you might think. Despite record breaking heat and life in southern Nevada, my roses continue to survive. Not that they’re thrilled with drought and record high temperatures, but unlike too many other shrubs, they won’t just keel over and die unless their soil’s dry.