The Inspiration Behind ‘Space Maiden’ By Sue Longhini, Founder of Rocky Mountain Rose Lab Did you know that roses have flown in space? The first rose to leave Earth was ‘Overnight Scentsation’ (SAVanight), an intensely fragrant, pink miniflora created by hybridizer F. Harm Saville in 1990. The space shuttle Discovery launched with the rose aboard […]
Whenever I give talks about cold tolerant roses, I always challenge the audience by saying I am 100% confident that I can find a rose that will survive in their growing conditions. So far, I haven’t been stumped. After all, roses have grown naturally on our planet for as long as 60 million years without […]
Sue Longhini began her hybridizing journey in 2019 after germinating a single rose from seeds she harvested that fall. She named it ‘Ellen May’ after her grandmother and has been hooked on creating roses ever since. Today, Sue is the Director of Hybridizing at Rocky Mountain Rose Lab in Boulder County, Colorado. The lab specializes […]
Dr. Suni Bolar is a rose breeder in New Jersey. She was the Vice-President of the Jersey Shore Rose Society for many years. She has written numerous award winning articles which have been published in the American Rose magazine, the Rose Hybridizers Association Newsletter, the Penn-Jersey district newsletter and in numerous local rose society newsletters […]
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