Plant Profile: Rose Souvenir de la Malmaison
Karen Named after the chateau of Empress Josephine, this rose has cup-shaped pale pink flowers fading to white at the edges. The flowers are borne singly or in small clusters and…
Hybrid Hulthemia Roses
For over forty years rose breeders have been intrigued by the possibility of producing a repeat-blooming rose with a red blotch in the center. The inspiration for this endeavor is…
Hybrid Musk Roses for the Garden
The hybrid musks are a small group of roses that was mainly developed by the British rosairian, Rev. Joseph Pemberton, in the early 20th century. As a group, hybrid musks…
Top Five Exhibition Floribunda Roses for the 2014 Show Season
The American Rose Society announced the top exhibition floribunda roses in the March/April issue of their magazine, American Rose. The list is important to people interested in exhibiting roses because…
Plant Profile: Rose ‘Rose de Rescht’
Spherical buds open to crimson flowers with tightly packed neatly arranged petals, and sometimes a button eye. The flowers are in clusters of three to seven and are carried on…
Top Five Exhibition Hybrid Tea for the 2014 Show Season
The American Rose Society published its list of top exhibition roses in itsMarch/April 2015 issue of its magazine, American Rose. If you are interested in competing successfully in local or…
Plant Profile: Rosa ‘Old Blush’
‘Old Blush’ is a memorable rose as it was the source of the gene for continuous bloom in modern roses. Grown in China for at least 1,000 years, it was…
Easy Hybrid Tea Roses for the Garden
Hybrid tea roses have a reputation for being difficult to grow, requiring great attention to fertilizing, application of pesticides, and pruning. Inspired by the Earth-Kind Program which focuses on shrub…
Plant Profile: Rose Lamarque
Starting early in the spring and blooming sporadically until late fall, this climber is especially suited to warm climates. The flowers are creamy white fading to pure white on the…
Biltmore International Rose Trials
Biltmore International Rose Trials, held at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina are the first international trials on the East Coast and one of two in the whole US.…