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Handsome Hybrid Tea Roses
“A rose is a rose is a rose” is lovely poetry and evokes visions of wonderful blooms. Today, when most people think of a rose, they have a vision of a hybrid tea, roses they see in a florist shop or spilling out of a vase. Their classic high-centered beauty…
Outstanding Old Garden Roses
You may have heard the term old garden rose, but what exactly does that mean? The category of Old Roses (OGR) can be confusing. The working definition of OGRs are classes of roses that were known before 1867. The category of Old Garden Roses was created in 1867 when the…
Garden Good Guys – Green Lacewings
The ethereal green lacewing is one of the more recognizable garden “good guys.” With its slender pale green body, delicate gossamer wings, and immense golden eyes, it gives the appearance of a fairy prancing on garden leaves rather than the aggressive predator that it is. Lacewings, also called aphid lions,…
Magnificent Musk Roses
Rose of the World; th’ embroidered Tuscany;The scented Cabbage, and the Damacene;Sweet Briar, lovelier name the eglantine;But above all the MuskWith classic names, Thisbe, Penelope,Whose nectarous load grows heavier with the duskAnd like a grape too sweetly muscadine.V Sackville-West, The Garden, 1946 I couldn’t agree more with the noted gardener…
Making a Home for your New Rose
If you’re adding new roses to the garden this season, buying bareroot plants offers you the widest selection at the best prices. You may get these at a big box store where plants are usually wrapped in plastic, or at your local nursery where they may be “dug in” –…