Tyler, TX - Rose Garden

The City of Tyler offers the largest rose garden in the country. 38,000 plants and 500 varieties of roses. And it's free. There's not much left in the world that is offered for free. It was a beautiful garden. I don't know how anyone who wants to plant a rose bush could begin to decide on which variety they'd want. Perhaps some people choose by the name - like the "Betty Boop" rose?



In addition to the roses, they also had a Camellia garden and then another garden with perennials. This might not be a rose, but I thought it was worth a picture.

They also offered a Rose Museum which displayed the dresses worn by the Rose Queen from all the years that Tyler held the Rose Festival. The museum also covers the history of roses in Tyler. But there's only so much I can subject Andy to.
The one thing that did perplex us, is that we expected to see rose bushes throughout the city. But not the case. Huh.