Roses Fall Into Winter

Magnificent Sweet Gum Tree

‘Ten Tips’ For Winterizing Your Roses

Fantasy Pick Roses

Love Song a floribunda

Fantasy Pick Roses for 2013    Sports analogies dig deep into the heart of the American landscape.  Rose gardening can be a tough physical sport. A helmet is my next gardening fashion statement. It shall coordinate with my leopard rubber boots. This fall, during an attempted shovel pass, I did Continue Reading

Rose Garden Surprise Visitors

Crawfish with A Touch of Class

“Everything I can catch has its picture taken with a rose.”                                                                                                  ~Susan Fox Do you like surprises? You’ve probably heard, “I love surprises, or “tell me now because I don’t like surprises!” A prominent psychologist once said, “Our degree of sanity is directly related to our ability to adapt Continue Reading

Roses, Relationships and Social Media

Stormy Weather, LCI with a Pollinator | Its All About Relationships

“I shall be telling this with a sigh  Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by,  And that has made all the difference”  Robert Frost                            Social Media is about engaging in relationships.   This is a case Continue Reading

Jolene Adams, Rose Champion

Jolene Adams with Past ARS Presidents in San Diego

“Recognition is the Breakfast of Champions”   If this saying is true, then the American Rose Society (ARS) has been fortunate to have had its fair share of Champions!  Now the latest person to assume the difficult and demanding role of Chief Executive Officer and President is Jolene Adams of Continue Reading