Saturday, January 29, 2022

Spotlight on my favorite rose (Spotlight on Roses series #1)

 Charles de Mills, a gallica rose that I started growing in 1997; and have grown in Oregon, Georgia and Missouri. See the video here:


Feel free to comment below on your experience with Charles de Mills is.
 Also stay tuned for future spotlights on roses that I am growing or have grown.

My other links:

https://www.facebook.com/Allforroses-103964165342717/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCaa0XyHNnOAp3L-j08mx2g

https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=3.25480&tab=2

https://all-for-roses.creator-spring.com

https://www.instagram.com/allforroses/


Saturday, January 22, 2022

Rose advice

 I thought I would give the advice that I wish I could go back in time and give my younger self, related to rose growing; and also to get me started toward what I hope to eventually do, which is to sell roses, and breed them. I will start with the general advice and then the advice specific to me. Not necessarily in order of importance.

The video can be seen here: https://youtu.be/_ktC5K7rDkg

Advice points given in the video:

Roses can't read.

Don't go chasing roses.

The rose that you are growing isn't necessarily always replaceable in the future.

Take cuttings and/or dig suckers.

Chemicals or not.

Get involved with the rose industry.

The advice points that I would give specific to me and what I wanted my goals to be are:

Make a plan.

Take cuttings to sell.

Sell in farmer's markets. 

Start breeding now.

Charles de Mills starting to open


Saturday, January 15, 2022

Snow in the rose garden

 A tour of the snow in the rose garden. A note about the split cane, I will probably remove it sooner than later to try to avoid disease and other stuff getting into the rose plant. You can get the video here:

https://youtu.be/usWy365dhRM

Snow in the upper rose garden, along with everything else


Saturday, January 1, 2022

Thoughts on winter, gardens and things that you can do in the garden in the future

 Just some thoughts about what you can do in the winter in the rose garden, plus thoughts about incorporating other plants into the rose garden, such as annual flowers and veggies. I will be incorporating veggies into my rose garden, so stay tuned. See the video here:

https://youtu.be/Y_UIGi9cpDE


Because it is winter