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 place of a little known, young girl named Beulah Blakely. Beulah was 8 years old at the time of her death in 1890 and was the daughter of Alderson [Read More]
Rose Stories
Rose Stories – Lemon Zen
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 well as a rose breeder. Lemon Zen is curious cross between R. moschata and the David Austin rose Graham Thomas. The flowers are beautifully single with pronounced [Read More]
Rose Stories – Linda Campbell
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 my mother was trialing for “Ralph”. By Ralph, I mean Ralph Moore. You may know him as the Godfather of miniature roses, or the owner of Sequoia Nursery, or simply as a rose industry [Read More]
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