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• Rooting Out Root Suckers

  The other day I sat through a long, tedious meeting. During the intervals between speakers, I talked about roses with the man sitting next to me. He pronounced roses "the most beautiful of flowers," but went on to say that he only grows a few... Posted Mar 10 2009, 07:39 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: roses, own root roses, root suckers

• Buck Roses

  People complain less than they used to about persnickety roses. This is mostly because breeders in recent years have focused on creating hardy, disease and pest-resistant varieties. Dr. Griffith Buck (1915-1991) was ahead of the curve in his rose breeding... Posted Jan 30 2009, 05:49 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: roses, Buck roses, Griffith Buck

• Making scents

  Soon the long months of January and February will be upon us, and it will be time to hunker down and dream of next season's gardens. One garden dimension that often get short shrift is fragrance. The following is a handy list of five fragrant plants... Posted Dec 15 2008, 11:11 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: lavender, roses, dianthus, fragrant flowers, mock orange, lilac, syringa, clove pinks, philadelphus, lavendula

• HIps are In

  Most people buy roses for the beautiful blooms--which is very sensible, since not all rosebushes are lovely when they are out of bloom. Real rose lovers also consider the hips, sometimes called "heps", which are the fruit of the rose. Depending... Posted Nov 28 2008, 02:07 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: roses, Rosa glauca, Rosa rugosa, Rosa moyesii, rose hips

• Rosa Glauca

  It's a funny time of year to write about roses, but yet I appreciate my Rosa glauca, sometimes known as the "red leaf rose" even more right now. The gray green leaves still cling to the arching stems, so the decorative qualities of the bush... Posted Nov 11 2008, 05:28 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: roses, rose care, Rosa glauca, red leaf rose

• Winter Roses

  Gardeners have been known to agonize about winter rose care. Most of it comes down to common sense, a knowledge of the weather patterns where you live and good, healthy roses . If you have "own root" roses rather than grafted varieties, your... Posted Oct 27 2008, 11:18 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: winter gardening, roses, rose care

• Rose Care

  My roses are about to bloom and by this time next week they will be in their glory. As a rose lover, I think this is the very best time of the year. My garden is home to about fifty rose bushes, all of which are planted in beds of mixed annuals, perennials... Posted May 21 2008, 05:52 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: roses