To play on the theme of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol, I put together a slideshow of roses in graveyards from the past, present and what the future could be.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Friday, December 24, 2021
Saturday, December 18, 2021
More affordable rose nurseries
I was visiting a website of one of the rose nurseries that I use and discovered that they raised their prices on most of the roses by $6, which is above my price ceiling. I made a video of rose nurseries that, mostly have roses $25 and under. You can see the video here:
So there is no confusion, I am not trying to bash that particular nursery, it is just pricier than my budget allows for.
Here are the nurseries that I mentioned in the video:
Antique Rose Emporium- a good nursery, based in Texas, good healthy rose plants.
High Country Roses- a great rose nursery, the owner is great to work with and remembers conversations, good roses sent out.
A Reverence for Roses- a good nursery, owner reached out when there were shipping issues, great plants received.
Long Ago Roses- good nursery, owner stays in touch during the growing and shipping process, good plants.
Rose Petals Nursery, Angel Gardens, Roses Unlimited, and Burlington Roses are nurseries that I have not used and can not give a review on.
Fortune's Double Yellow
Saturday, December 11, 2021
A slideshow of some of the roses from the Portland Rose Garden
A little slideshow showing some roses from the Portland Rose Garden. I recommend visiting if you are in the area.
Saturday, December 4, 2021
Roses can't afford this... and neither can we
There is a serious problem in the green industry. It isn't interested in roses. Knockout roses and to a lesser extent drift roses are major marketed brands, which is why they are so dominant in the garden centers.
I think that if we aren't careful then all that is going to be left to grow in the future.
There are ways to spread roses and preserve roses. In this video I mention a few.
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Chestnut rose, one of the roses that is in trouble
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Getting roses ready for winter
A video of how I get the once bloomers ready for winter. To be fair though I have only had rose gardens in USDA zones 5b/6a, 7, and 8.I have found that my once bloomers do better when I remove the leaves. In colder climates mother nature my remove the leaves for you. I didn't remove the leaves from my tea roses because I am hoping that the leaves keep any snow/ice off the canes, or at least the major part of the canes.
Tuscany Superb, a once blooming rose, one of which I strip the leaves in the late fall.
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Saturday, November 20, 2021
November stroll through the rose garden
A video of my rose garden in mid November. Stay tuned for a spring stroll next year.
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Saturday, November 13, 2021
Slideshow of random roses
Just some random roses.
https://youtu.be/KR2PO9ivHpc
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Thoughts on rose nurseries
I have seen a few questions about rose nurseries and just wanted to give my opinions on the roses nurseries that I have had experience with, and are still in business. Not in any particular order. I do understand that having a variety of nurseries are important and am not trying to have any negative things happen to any.
High Country Roses- I have gotten several hard to find roses from here. The plants have done fine in their first growing season. I would say that this is probably the best one to go to of you are looking for roses that will do well in cold climates. I have had good success with this nursery. The owner has been good at remembering conversations and when there were issues he fixed them when he could. Definitely would use again.
Antique Rose Emporium- The two roses that I have from them are doing well. (I got a third one but the rabbits destroyed it.) I found it fairly easy to use the gift certificate for the roses, the only downside was having to place the order over the phone, so I had no way to track it online.
A Reverence for Roses- Great nursery, especially if you are looking for roses that do well in warm climates, such as Teas and Chinas. I ordered several roses from them when I was in Oregon and they grew very well. At one point the owner reached out to me when the order got delayed due to weather after it had been shipped, so it showed me that the owner was very much on top of it.
Heirloom Roses/Heirloom Old Garden Roses- This one is the one that I am most torn on. The Heirloom Old Garden Roses nursery is where I first bought my favorite rose, Charles de Mills. It is where I bought my first Tea rose. It is the first old garden rose nursery that I had experience with. Heirloom Old Garden Roses I loved. I loved the ability to walk through the display gardens. I loved the couple of yearly big weekends that I went to in August. But then.... They decided to shift focus and started moving away from old garden roses. They changed their name to Heirloom Roses. The business was sold, which I understand happens. Then the new owners closed the display gardens and increased the prices of the roses. With the exception of Heirloom Roses all these nurseries are priced in the 15 to 25 dollar for a plant. Heirloom is roughly twice as expensive. They also strip the rose bushes of the leaves regardless of where they ship to, even 20 minutes down the road. Receiving a leafless rose in mid July for a gift doesn't lead to much success for that rose. I would not recommend Heirloom Roses unless they are the ONLY way to get the rose you want.
Rogue Valley Roses- I have had good success with this nursery. The roses were healthy, and have grown well.
Long Ago Roses- I am grateful to have been able to use this nursery. They were the only ones that I was able to find The Reeve from. The owner stayed in touch with me during the process of ordering and her growing and shipping to me. She also was flexible when I messed up the address to where the roses needed to be shipped. The roses are healthy and have grown well. ( For the most part, the one that is having issues is due to my specific neighborhood animals and the issues that they present)
Licorice Tea, a plant that I got several years ago from Rogue Valley Roses
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Saturday, November 6, 2021
Gift ideas for rose growers, fans, lovers
A link for the video:
A comment on the tools that I did mention in the video. I have found that it is useful to have the handles of the pruners, saw, loppers and shovel be brightly colored. The reason for this is if you set it down somewhere the bright colors are easier to see than brown or black.
A few of gift ideas that I forgot to mention in the video.
I have found that having a greenhouse has been helpful. I have used it for growing cuttings. The one that I have is 56 inches (4ft 8 inches) by 56 inches (4 ft 8 inches) and 77 (6ft 5ft) inches tall.
Rose themed merchandise, such as shirts, hoodies, mugs, etc. Why not wear, drink, carry with you a picture of roses on them? Here is a link for a place that you can get some rose themed merchandise: https://all-for-roses.creator-spring.com
Plant ties. These don't have to be expensive. I use strips of old shirts, pants, any piece of fabric that has worn out the original use.
Plant labels. There are several materials that can be used. You can use pieces of vinyl blinds and write on them with pencil. You can get aluminum strip and use a ballpoint to write names. Also there are different label makers that you can use as well.
Since this is a rose blog here is a picture of some roses.
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Sunday, October 31, 2021
A book review: In Search of Lost Roses
A great book for rose lovers, fans and those who like roses.
Here is a link for the review:
Sunday, October 24, 2021
A slideshow of China and Tea roses
Some of the China and Tea roses that I have grown in Georgia, Oregon and Missouri. The slideshow contains several pictures of the roses, unfortunately not all grouped together. Not all of the China and Tea roses that I have grown are in the video due to one reason. Some of the China and Tea roses that I have grown that aren't in the slideshow are Smith's Parish, Soncy, and Niles Cochet. I will include my opinions about them at the bottom of the list of the roses in the slideshow. I will put a link for the slideshow. The list is going to be in order of how they first appear in the slideshow.
Smith's Parish
Licorice Tea- a tea rose bred by Paul Barden in Corvallis, Oregon. A new introduction into the old garden roses. Starts out a nice yellow, does fade to whitish. I didn't have too many disease problems. Once it starts growing, it keeps growing. A good rose to train onto a fence or something else to climb on.
Found Tea rose- came from a cutting from a cemetery. It has been suggested that it is the Tea rose Homere. Incredibly thorny. It didn't seem to like being in Oregon, and it wound up not surviving the move from ground to pot.
Duchesse de Brabant- a Tea rose that Theodore Roosevelt was fond of. I have had it in Missouri for a little over a year and it didn't really start to take off until the end of the summer. It is starting to do what I wanted it to do, which is cover a dead tree stump.
Old Blush- this was the first China or Tea rose that I ever grew. I planted it in 1997. It survived an attack by a weed eater. I got it to root from cuttings pretty easily. I took cuttings of Old Blush to Georgia and it grew well there. Old Blush is one of the four "stud" China roses that were bred with the European old garden roses.
Monsieur Tillier- a Tea rose that there is a debate of identity about this rose. In the US it is sold as Monsieur Tillier and in Europe and Australia it is sold as Archiduc Joseph. I bought this rose in 2003 in Oregon as Monsieur Tillier. I transplanted the original rose from one house to another one twelve years later and it didn't miss a beat in growing or flowering. I'm now growing it, from a cutting, in Missouri on the south side of my house, and in the year and a half it has been in the ground the cutting is the size of the bush in Oregon after 16 years. Monsieur Tillier definitely likes warmer summers. As a side note on the name debate, a few years ago I read several digitalized nursery catalogs from rose growers in the US in the late 1800s/early 1900s. From what I saw, the nurseries stopped offering Monsieur Tillier within ten years of initial release, but offered Archiduc Joseph up to roughly the start of world war one, when the catalogs of that time and after really started phasing out non hybrid teas out.
Mrs B. R. Cant- a Tea rose named after the wife of the breeder. I grew it in Oregon and think that this rose would have been much happier in a warmer climate. The flowers opened fully most in July and August, and the rest of the time would rot on the bush.
Sorocco House Lavender- this is a Tea rose that was found and wound up growing in the Sacramento City Cemetery. I bought my plant from the plant sale in 2017. A very nice rose. Very variable in form and color. I think that this rose is a good example of why it is so hard to id found roses, they can change their looks an look like different roses.
Mutabilis- a China rose of color changing flowers. They start in bud as yellow, open and quickly change to pink. A single five petalled rose. I grew it in both Georgia and Oregon. Mine got bigger in Georgia and in general it prefers warmer climates than western Oregon.
Bon Silene- a pink Tea rose. I grew it for a few years in Oregon, and even seeing it in a public rose garden, it did nothing other than be a non-descript pink rose. Maybe it does better in warm summer climates?
Won Fang Yon- a Tea rose bred by Paul Barden. Even though it shares genetics with Licorice Tea, you couldn't prove it by mine. Whereas Licorice Tea loved growing in my yard, Won Fang Yon just sat there. Definitely a rose that needs warm summers. I didn't have disease problems with it.
Belfield- this is a rose that is believed to be Rosa semperflorens as an AKA name. If so than it is also the same rose that is known as Slater' s Crimson China. I point this out because it would put this as one of the four "stud" roses. I planted it in my yard in Oregon next to Old Blush. Belfield definitely was the better mannered of the two, not growing near as vigorously, but remaining healthy.
Safrano- a Tea rose with red/purple new growth. Mine grows quickly and in Missouri has formed a pretty decent sized bush against the south side of the house. It seems to be hardly out of flower from spring to winter.
Malespina Red China- a red rose that I bought at the plant sale at the Sacramento City Cemetery. Honestly, I found the flowers to be similar to Belfield's with a little more white in them. I think that this plant would have done better in a warmer climate.
Oneto Home Saffron- a Tea rose that I bought from the cemetery plant sale. A nice small plant, with a unique yellowy-orange color.
Mme. Antoine Rebe-a tea rose that is listed as red, but looks very much like dark pink to me. The plant was just starting to take off when I had to move. I'm sure that it is a nice rose and plant, I just didn't have it long enough.
Madame Jean Dupuy- a tea rose that I bought at the plant sale. Not a rose for wet winters, as the typical Oregon winter caused it to rot.
Hubner Plot-a tea rose that is whitish. I bought this at the cemetery plant sale as well. It has been speculated as the tea rose Rubens. This is another rose that didn't survive the move from ground to pot.
Marie Van Houtte- a Tea rose that is supposed to have a blend of colors. Mine would start out as white and with 48 hours turn pink. It was a nice plant and flower, but nothing about it makes me want to replace it.
The next three are the ones that I mentioned that they aren't in the slideshow.
Smith's Parish- a Tea rose found on Bermuda. The flowers can be white, white with red, or sometimes red. The picture at the top was one of the few times I saw red on mine in Georgia. I wasn't able to move it to Oregon with me. It was a nice plant and flower.
Soncy- a light yellow Tea rose with purple new canes. Found on Bermuda. Not a rose for cool climates, and can get quite big from what I have read.
Niles Cochet- another pink Tea rose. It has less petals than Mrs. B. R. Cant, a little darker pink, but I would put it in the same category of " yup, that's a rose".
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
The Fairy versus Little Mischief
I only planted these at work in 2020, so I have only one full growing season with them. Both have stayed small so far. Both flower in clusters. For my location in Missouri, Little Mischief is a faster grower, and seems like it is going to wind up bigger than The Fairy.
The Fairy:
This last one is a cutting that I took back in Aug/early Sept. I will be planting it in my yard, in the spring, so I can have a plant at home. I did take another cutting, which I hope to have it ready for sale in the spring.
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Sunday, October 17, 2021
Growing Roses merchandise
I just designed some merchandise featuring one of my roses.
T-shirt:
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Beach towel:
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Mug:
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Phone case (Samsung and iPhone):
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A Book Review: The Rose by Brent Elliott
Another review on a rose history book. Here is a video that you can access the review:
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Sunday, October 10, 2021
A slideshow of David Austin roses
My opinion on the roses in my slideshow on some of the David Austin roses that I have grown, or am currently growing. These are just my opinions from what I have observed. Here is a link for the slideshow:
Starting from the beginning of the slideshow:
Graham Thomas- a nice yellow rose. It does fade to whitish. It sets hips. I grew this rose in Oregon. There are several in a rose garden across the river from where I live in Missouri and hopefully I can again grow this at some point.
Port Sunlight- one that I have only had for a month. It is a nice yellow that I like the more flowers that I see, meaning that it is growing on me. I'm anticipating that it will look really good next spring, peeking out from behind the Tuscany Superb in my yard.
Sister Elizabeth- another one that I have had only for a month. The flower form is very similar to old garden roses. I'm going to hold farther comments until I have had this longer.
William Morris- I got this rose in June as an own root plant. It is related to Abraham Darby, but at such an early age I haven't seen much similarities. It has, what I call a pompom form, to the flowers versus a cupped form of Abraham Darby.
Claire Rose- again, I have had this rose only for a month. It looks like it is going to fit quite well in the corner of my yard where two fences come together and it can rest it's canes on them. I am going to re-evaluate next year.
Evelyn- it seems like every rose on here I have said that I haven't had it for long, and this falls in that category. In the month that I have had it, I have seen several different flower forms. This rose has a nice fragrance. The plant puts out quite a bit of rose, probably the most prolific one of those I got last month.
The Prince- a nice "red" if you want to call it that rose. I would call it a dark purple rose. In the month that I have been growing it, it is the second most prolific bush.
Heritage- a light pink rose. It has grown on me a little bit since I brought it home, but in my opinion, I don't think that I would replace it if it were to die. To me there isn't anything to distinguish it from other roses.
Abraham Darby- I first grew this rose in Georgia many years ago. I really like this rose. It goes through many different colors and sometimes can seem like a different rose from one bloom to the next. It has a nice fragrance. It does get big, which doesn't bother me being tall, but give this rose room to grow.
Crown Princess Margareta- a climbing yellow/apricot rose. I grew it in Georgia, but it didn't really wow me. In my opinion based on the blooms, I would grow Teasing Georgia over Crown Princess Margareta. I have seen Teasing Georgia in a park in Oregon and prefer it to Crown Princess Margareta.
Last on the slideshow, is Christopher Marlowe. I grew it in Georgia and I thought that the color was somewhat off. I couldn't put my finger on it, but I don't think I would try to grow it just due to the color. The plant was well behaved though.
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Saturday, October 9, 2021
Port Sunlight
This morning I was greeted by this:
Here are some pictures of Port Sunlight through the past month:
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Sunday, October 3, 2021
Frau Karl Druschki
Frau Karl Druschki is a white hybrid perpetual rose from 1901. The flower starts in the form of a hybrid tea rose. I have grown this rose both in Georgia and in Missouri. The plant seems to want to put out canes with sparse leaf coverage until shortly before the flowers. This plant would probably be best at the back of the rose garden, or have other plants growing around it due to the bare canes. The flowers as they open start pink, but then quickly turn white. A visitor to a couple of Frau Karl Druschki:
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021
My first-ish thoughts on Evelyn
To be fair, I only recently acquired Evelyn, roughly a month ago, so I don't have a full growing season to go on, but this rose has been interesting. At all the stages of color that I have seen the roses have been fragrant.
These two pictures were the roses that opened right after I planted the bush. I'm calling them the whitish stage. I'm not sure if these are characteristic of Evelyn for end of August/beginning of September in Missouri, but here were the first two blooms I saw. I wasn't exactly impressed by them.
The next two pictures were about a week or so after the first two. I guess you can call this the apricot stage? Or I am going to, at least compared to the first two pictures and the next. At this point I'm enjoying this rose more.
I'm calling this the pink phase. This opened up yesterday and doesn't appear to have much apricot to it. When I saw it my first thought was to compare it to my experience that Abraham Darby goes into a pink phase sometimes as well. Maybe the pink phase is just part of something that apricot roses do?
Overall, I am going to say that I believe this rose is going to become one of my favorites. Time will tell.
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Monday, September 27, 2021
Treasure Trail
Treasure Trail is a new moss rose bred by Paul Barden. I just recently acquired this rose and this is the first bloom to open in my yard. I will be making more posts on Treasure Trail next year when I have had it longer.
Moss roses are named that because of the moss-like growth on the buds and sometimes seems.
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Showing the moss-like growth on the bud.
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Memphis Botanic Garden: The Roses
I was able to go to the Memphis Botanic Garden recently and there were several roses in bloom. Amongst the roses that were blooming include The Fairy, Old Blush, Green Ice, the Green Rose and Buff Beauty. I just wanted to make a few comments on some of the roses.
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Old Blush: This is one of the four stud roses that came from China. Another name for it is Old Pink Monthly, which implies that it could bloom every month, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it does in warm climates. In the gardens that I have grown it in Georgia and Oregon, it was the first to bloom in spring and went to frost in the fall. It is also believed to be to be the rose from which the Green Rose sported from.
Speaking of the Green Rose, it is unique in the rose world. The plant has mutated in a way that it doesn't have petals or reproduction parts. The plant replaced the petals and reproduction parts with sepals, which is the green bud coverings. This plant is sterile, so it can't be used in breeding. To me it is very fragrant of black pepper.
Green Ice is a miniature rose that has a green tint to the predominantly white flowers.
Mutabilis is a rose that is 5 petalled and opens yellow, and ages to pink. In warm climates it can be used as a climber or large shrub. There were several houses in Georgia that had it growing across the front door.
A Noisette rose in the garden
Saturday, September 11, 2021
A few David Austin roses
Some roses from David Austin
Sunday, September 5, 2021
A first look, for me, of a few roses
I recently, yesterday, acquired several rose bushes. Amongst them were Evelyn, The Prince and Sister Elizabeth. These are David Austin roses from the early 90's and early 2000's. I will revisit them as they continue to grow and as I see them in different seasons.
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Evelyn:
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The Prince:
Sister Elizabeth:
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Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Sunday, August 29, 2021
A Book Review: Rose History
Ok, it is actually two books, one subject: the history of roses. The books are Rosa the story of the rose, and The Rose.
Some highlights of the video review:
Rosa the story of the rose:
Brief details on the subjects covered
Colorful pictures
If there was a rose growing class this would be a text book for Roses 101
Some subjects covered are Greek and Roman affairs with the rose, China's influence on the rose, future of rose growing
The Rose:
Detailed discussion on subjects covered
Colorful pictures
If there was a rose growing class this would be a text book for Roses 420
Some subjects covered are Greek and Roman affairs with the rose, mythology and roses, European and China influences, medicinal uses
Links to be able to find the books
Rosa the story of the rose:
https://amzn.to/3Bh1pZ0
The Rose:
https://amzn.to/3DqazV5
Saturday, August 28, 2021
The difference?
The difference between these two pictures?
Water. The picture on the top was before I watered it after not watering for 3 days of 90 plus degree days.
The picture on the bottom is a few hours later.
Plants can tell you what is going on with them.
Just as a heads up, too much water can cause plants to droop as well, so it is wise to make sure that your soil isn't saturated before you add more water.
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