title: Old Gay Hill Red China
text: # Old Gay Hill Red China
  
  The Old Gay Hill Red China is a rose native to Gay Hill, Washington County, Texas.
  
  ## History
  
  The rose was discovered by Thomas Affleck (1812-1868), a Scottish immigrant, nurseryman, agrarian writer and plantation owner, on his Glenblythe Plantation.
  
  ## Description
  
  It is a bright scarlet red, with a white center. It is grows in clusters on a rosebush, which is four to six feet tall.
  
  