Landscape

Every year, from spring until fall, our garden is visited by rose lovers from all parts of the country. They come singly, and they come in groups, small groups, and

“Of all flowers, me thinks a rose is best,” said Emilia in Two Noble Kinsmen. This has been man’s sentiment since he first began to garden. The rose has a

The history of roses begins far in the past. Dried specimens have been found in Egyptian tombs.  Roses are mentioned in the oldest known writings. Fossilized remnants dug in Oregon

The quality and the quantity of the roses you will enjoy next June are determined largely by what you do with your shrub rose bushes during the next few weeks. 

There’s always space in the garden for a growing few additional roses. Sometimes, we wish only to make replacements, yet more often, we want to add choice new varieties. Setting

The knotty “to be or not to be” question of rose growers, whether to plant rose in the fall or in the spring, is still being debated.  Yet except in

Winter is a good time to think about roses, for we usually order some early in spring, and the earlier, the better, providing the ground is suitable.  So let’s think

No garden is complete without roses. I have 80 – hybrid tea roses, some climbers, and some Polyanthus roses, and I try to add a few new ones each year