Eleanor Roosevelt at Pearl Harbor in 1943 - image from MedScape
Is this story true? I’ve not been able to verify the quote — it’s a great story, and better if true. From MedScape Today, “The Case of the Well-known Woman with Unexplained Anemia”:
Although reserved, Roosevelt had a quiet sense of humor. When commenting about how she felt about having a rose named after her, she remarked: “I was very flattered . . . but not pleased with the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.”
Can anyone tell us when and where she said that? Gardeners, can you confirm? Can anyone find a photo of the rose, “Eleanor Roosevelt?” (It’s probably a yellow rose, but I haven’t found a description.)
Eleanor Roosevelt teacup, First Ladies Library
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- Get the t-shirt
- From the First Ladies Library, the Eleanor Roosevelt teacup, featuring a yellow rose (probably not the rose “Eleanor Roosevelt,” however)
Posted by Ed Darrell 
