Aug 20, 2025 - News

From floodwaters to fences: The story of Louisiana's Katrina rose

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Smiling older woman with dark curly hair in a black dress stands by a flower-covered trellis, holding pink blossoms, with a cloudy sky and black fence in the background.

Peggy Martin stands next to her namesake rose growing along a fence at her home in Gonzales. Photo: Courtesy of Eddy Perez/LSU

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