Editing Tombstone, Arizona (section)

===World's largest rosebush===
[[File:World's largest rose bush 2021.jpg|thumb|left|The trunk of the world's largest rosebush]]
According to [[Guinness World Records|Guinness]], the world's largest rosebush was planted in Tombstone in 1885 and still flourishes in the city's sunny climate. The [[Rosa banksiae|Lady Banksia rose]] originated in Scotland. Mary Gee was the wife of mining engineer Henry Gee, who worked for the Vizina Mining Co. Mary's family sent the homesick bride a box of rooted cuttings from her home country. She planted one of the roses by the patio of the Vizina Mining Company's boarding house, the first adobe building in town, located at 4th and Toughnut Streets across from the later site of the railroad depot. Henry and she lived in the boarding house when they first arrived in Tombstone.<ref name=plantguide/><ref name=rosey/>

The building was later renamed the Cochise House Hotel, and from 1909 to 1936, it was known as the Arcade Hotel. By the 1930s, the rosebush had grown to shade the entire patio and became a popular site for tourists. The hotel was later renamed the Rose Tree Inn and then the Rose Tree Inn Museum. The museum curator tells visitors that all Banksia roses growing in the U.S. today are descendants of the Tombstone rose.<ref name=plantguide>{{cite web|title=Lady Banks Rose Rosa banksiae|url=http://www.botanical-journeys-plant-guides.com/lady-banks-rose.html|access-date=March 26, 2015|archive-date=March 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319140311/http://www.botanical-journeys-plant-guides.com/lady-banks-rose.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1940, the Lady Banksia rose covered about {{convert|4000|sqft|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite book|title=Arizona: A State Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=er6V4QzaeyMC&pg=PA249|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC |year= 1940 |page=249|isbn = 978-0403021550}}</ref> {{as of|2014}}, the rosebush covered more than {{convert|8000|sqft|abbr=on}} of the roof and garden trellis of the inn, and has a {{convert|12|ft|abbr=on}} circumference trunk. The rosebush is walled off, and the inn charges admission to view it.<ref name=rosey>{{cite web| url=http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/plants/Rosa.banksiae.Tombstone.cfm |title=Everything is 'Rosey' in Tombstone| publisher=Mediterranean Garden Society |access-date=October 26, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040702100839/http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/plants/Rosa.banksiae.Tombstone.cfm |archive-date = July 2, 2004}}</ref>

A pair of huge rose "trees" of more than {{convert|5|ft|m|abbr=on}} in circumference, also planted in the 1880s, shade a {{convert|2500|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} courtyard at Tombstone's historic [[Sacred Heart Church (Tombstone, Arizona)|Sacred Heart Church]].