I take recommending roses for beginners very seriously. If you’re going to tell someone they can grow roses, you better bring something to the table that actually helps them do it. I remember going to my Uncle Mike’s house as a kid and being mortified to watch him mow over his roses with a lawn […]
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 […]
Rosa glauca (also known as the red-leaved rose or Rosa rubrifolia) is one of my all-time favorite roses. It’s a graceful, upright-growing species rose prized as much for its foliage as for its flowers. Its distinctive blue-gray leaves are flushed with burgundy and purple tones, creating a smoky color that stands out in the garden […]
