Information and highlights specific to a type of rose
Bring on the mutants! No, I’m not talking about epic battles of good and evil or even cartoon turtles. I’m talking about the actual genetic mutations happening daily in rose plants around the world. In the most basic terms, rose sports are naturally occurring genetic mutations that appear on a single shoot, branch, or flower […]
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 […]
Jason from Fraser Valley Rose Farm and I sit down to talk about making tough choices between some very popular roses.
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 […]
An interview with the Rose Geek Kimberly and I discuss some of High Country Roses’ best practices for propagating roses.
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 […]
