Top Ten Roses of 2015

'Easy Does It'

January is inventory month. Take a good look at your roses. Decide on next years keepers. Then begin to shop online or from your rose catalogs for new roses for your spring garden. Most rose catalogs are now online so you can preview the roses and read about them to Continue Reading

Roses for Veterans’ Honor

Veterans' Honor at Sunrise in the Rose Garden

Thank-you to all of our Veterans for their service to our country. ‘Veteran’s Honor’ Hybrid Tea, was bred by Dr. Keith W. Zary (United States, 1997). Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. in 2000 as ‘Lady in Red’. History of Veterans Day* “World War I – known at the Continue Reading

Winterizing Your Roses

Double Knock Out® Roses With Ice Crystals at Sunrise in The Garden

Seasons change and so do ‘Oui.”Do you seek permission to do something you want to do? Or get permission not to do something that you think you aught to do?* I do. Hold on to your bags of mulch! From ‘my lips to God’s ear’ I got permission from a Continue Reading

Rose Garden Recipe

'Julia Child' by Weeks Roses featured this shot of 'Julia Child' in The American Rose Society 2014 Calendar

Key Ingredients : Weeks Roses  Ingredients: Roses of your Choice I chose Weeks Roses for this Recipe or you can choose from Star Roses, David Austin Roses of which I have some of each kind in this garden. Remaining ingredients: Canadian Sphagnum Peat Mills Magic Rose Mix Fertilizer* Soak in Continue Reading

You’ll Be Oso Happy® with Oso Easy® Roses! They’re Proven Winners!

o Easy® Cherry Pie, Paprika & Fragrant Spreader as a beautiful border of color

This week I pruned my Oso Happy® with Oso Easy® Roses with the hedge clippers. My husband was tickled about it. The roses were in his way when he mowed. Now we shall have an English style prim and proper hedge of Oso Happy® with Oso Easy® roses in the Continue Reading