Listen in on Teresa Byington and Matt Douglas discussing all things great about fragrant roses!

Listen in on Teresa Byington and Matt Douglas discussing all things great about fragrant roses!

Denver’s Riverside Cemetery is the final resting place of many of Denver’s pioneering residents. Some of Colorado’s most notable early citizens including Clara Brown, Augusta Tabor, Miguel Otero, Barney and Julia Ford, Captain Silas Soule and Governor John Evans are laid to rest here. Amongst the many well know names to Coloradans is final resting […]

Lemon Zen is a cheerful Noisette rose initially developed by John Starnes around 1990. John lived in Denver and was a frequent visitor to the nursery all the way back to the 1980’s. I first met him as teenager and let’s just say John had a personality you would never forget. His eccentricity served him […]
Okay, this seems like an obvious choice. Of course I like the rose named after my mother, but my affinity for the variety runs a little deeper than maternal allegiance. I first came to know this rose in the late 1980’s. It cropped up in our family garden in Denver as yet another rose that […]

Listen to Teresa Byington and Matt Douglas chat about Hybrid Musk Roses!
Get Planting (Fall Style). Fall is a great time to plant roses. I always say, if it wasn’t for fall planting, I wouldn’t have any roses in my own garden. While that may be a be an occupational hazard, given what spring in the nursery typically looks like, fall really is a great time for […]