{"id":767094,"date":"2022-01-26T19:17:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T19:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/26\/watch-connecticut-couples-rose-grows-to-22-feet-10-inches\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T19:17:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T19:17:22","slug":"watch-connecticut-couples-rose-grows-to-22-feet-10-inches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/26\/watch-connecticut-couples-rose-grows-to-22-feet-10-inches\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Connecticut couple&#8217;s rose grows to 22 feet, 10 inches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Connecticut-couples-rose-grows-to-22-feet-10-inches.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"BEAlgYoFiFE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bright Spot:  West Hartford couple\u2019s rose heads for world record\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BEAlgYoFiFE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Jan. 26 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> A Connecticut couple said they were shocked when a rose from their 3-year-old bush grew to a height of 22 feet and 10 inches.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen and Amy Boucher said they planted a rose bush in their West Hartford yard about three years ago, and recently Stephen noticed a new stem growing next to the plant.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was cleaning everything up and cutting off all the old stuff and I noticed a big green shoot coming up right beside the bush that&#8217;s already there,&#8221; Stephen Boucher told WFSB-TV.<\/p>\n<p>The Bouchers observed the stem as it grew to astonishing heights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This one has grown to 22 feet, 10 inches, and the current world record for tallest rose bush is 18 feet, 8 inches,&#8221; Stephen Boucher said.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-foot, 8-inch rose bush was grown by Robert Bendel of Morristown, N.J., in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The couple said they are hoping to have their rose officially recognized by Guinness World Records.<\/p>\n<p>They said the rose has captured the attention of their community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People coming by, wanting to see it. &#8230; People we haven&#8217;t seen in years coming by having coffee, neighbors we&#8217;ve never met coming and looking at it,&#8221; Amy Boucher said.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 26 (UPI) &#8212; A Connecticut couple said they were shocked when a rose from their 3-year-old bush grew to a height of 22 feet and 10 inches. Stephen and Amy Boucher said they planted a rose bush in their West Hartford yard about three years ago, and recently Stephen noticed a new stem growing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":767095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-767094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-odd-but-true"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}