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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 […]
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 […]
Listen to Matt Douglas and Theresa Byington discuss miniature roses, their origins and the work of Ralph Moore.
Bliss Parfuma – A Rose (love) Story – by Kimberly Dean If I am asked what my favorite rose is, most of my Rose 🌹Buds already know the answer before I respond that Parfuma Bliss, formally known as Bliss Parfuma, and I lovingly call “Bliss”, has stolen my heart. When I first saw Bliss, an […]
Harison’s Yellow … A Family Story – by Teresa ByingtonI have always loved history and in the 1980s I read several stories of pioneer women who left the east to travel the Oregon Trail in search of adventure and a new life. As I read their journals, I found myself feeling akin to these women […]
