ROSE ARTICLES

My featured rose this month is an exceptional miniflora rose, ‘Solar Flair’, which is also one of my favorite roses in commerce. It is a...

Herb Swim grew up on a small farm in north central Oklahoma where his family grew mostly fruit. In his book, Roses - from Dreams to Reality,

by Nanette Londeree, Master Rosarian, Marin County Rose Society ABOVE: Soil covered with a layer of mulch retains moisture while suppressing weeds, photo by Nanette Londeree. Drought – it is a scary thing, especially when your only source of water comes from seasonal rains and they don’t materialize. This past winter was the one of the driest in our local history, and now we are mandated to cut back on water use. While roses perform best with ample water, they can make it on

Most experienced rosarians know about the impacts of pH on nutrient availability in the soil. But what about the quality of your...

Root deformation and heat saturation of planting media are common challenges associated with growing roses and other plants in a container..

As I keep looking at the various emails that come before me promoting various products, all of which claim to help me produce the very.

One constant problem that rose lovers have to deal with when cultivating their favorite flower is that of fungal disease. Powdery mildew, b

by Jeff Wyckoff, ARS past president This is a 2020 AOM article and was written for a PNW publication Roses are like people in that they are subject to a number of ailments and diseases. Some of these are temporary, some are persistent. Some are curable, others are not. Some are viral, some are bacterial, some are fungal. Whatever the case and the cause, it helps to have some knowledge of them, to be able to recognize their respective symptoms, and to know what, if anything, y

The phrase ‘the lion and the lamb’ is an expression that expresses peace between two unlikely partners. This title might seem incongruous...

Growing beautiful gardens is always a challenge. If you have one problem and you can figure out a way to get around it another one is....