Found roses have always held a special allure for me. If you happened to read my rose story about “Beulah Blakely“, you may notice some familiar themes in “Hattie Burton” as well. At its heart, I’m drawn to the idea of someone planting and taking care of a rose year after year. Often, the conditions […]
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 […]
The ‘Rosarian Tom Mayhew’ Rose by Dr. Suni Bolar, Master Rosarian, ARS Originally printed in “The Rose” – Newsletter of the Philadelphia Rose Society – March 2025 As many of you know, Thomas Richard Mayhew, Master Rosarian, American Rose Society, passed away on September 25th, 2024. Tom’s passing was a monumental loss to not only […]
