The Press Democrat

Rare rose rediscovered at McDonald Mansion in Santa Rosa

Gardeners overseeing the restoration of the grounds of Santa Rosa's McDonald Mansion have found a rare miniature rose stubbornly blooming, a rose that had fallen out of favor in the early 1800s and was thought to have all but vanished. While they had known that the rose growing at the storied estate once known as "Mableton" was rare, research only recently confirmed that the petite pink bloomer is even more historically precious than they thought - ... (20/05) More