ROSE ARTICLES

Rose “poop out” or declined vigor is a frustration that rose lovers sometimes have to deal with. The plant’s foliage has decreased, bloom...

Our Rose of the Month is a luscious, fragrant Old garden Rose known as ‘Francis Dubreuil’. Classified by the American Rose Society as...

If you’ve been growing roses for a while, you’ve probably heard of the rose giant Jackson & Perkins, commonly known as J&P.

Want to grow beautiful roses without the challenge of the big three foliar diseases, blackspot, rust, and powdery mildew...

In 2000 a rose was hybridized, by William J. Radler that would succeed in transforming the image of the rose from a fussy Prima Dona to...

I recently took a bush of 'Veteran’s Honor' to a friend who enjoys formal outdoor gardening.

by Satish Prahbu, Master Rosarian, South Carolina Rose Society. Prahbu Garden “But he who dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose” -Anne Bronte I read this quote in in the award-winning newsletter, The Rose Ecstasy, Kitty Belendez, editor. I was getting ready to seriously say, “I wish to respectfully disagree with you, Ms. Bronte!” Because it is like saying to a child: “If you want to ride a bicycle, you must be prepared to keep falling off the bicycle; if you d

I have often wondered what it is about the rose that elevates it above all other flowers, that makes it beloved of mankind from antiquity...

I have often wondered what it is about the rose that elevates it above all other flowers...

My first rose garden was planted by the landscaper in 1971. My wife Kathy and I had bought a new house that came with no landscaping.