Rosa palustris, swamp rose, is a species rose native to the eastern United States. It is called swamp rose with good reason. Rosa palustris likes boggy, wet areas.
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Basye’s Blueberry rose was introduced in 1982. Clear pink semi-double flowers with yellow stamens are produced in May in the South. Basye’s Blueberry is largely…
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Therese Bugnet rose is a Rugosa. Typical of Rugosa roses Therese Bugnet is cold hardy and disease resistant. Also typical of Rugosas, it flowers with…
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Strike It Rich rose, a Grandiflora, looks like a winner. I have little patience for any plant that needs coddling and many roses need diligent…
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Roses can be a challenge, for sure. Disease resistant roses seem few and far between at times, but here are some potential winners for your garden.
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New Dawn is a rarity in rose gardening: a beautiful garden plant. Individual flowers may not win a rose show, but when those pale pink roses open by the hundreds in mid-spring, the lesson is complete.
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Roses are iconic across many cultures. Here are some thoughts which may help beginners and the frustrated.
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Evelyn was introduced in 1991 and twenty years later it still may be one of David Austin’s best garden roses. Soft apricot roses with 80-100…
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Before there were Knock Out roses, there was Carefree Beauty, an aptly named garden rose as there ever was. Truly beautiful clear pink fully double…
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Graham Thomas is among the most enduring of the David Austin New English garden roses. Introduced in 1983, Graham Thomas is still one of David…
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Etoile de Lyon is a tea rose of exquisite color, a large and healthy rose whose light golden blooms come in a series of flushes…
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