Garden Musings

'Prairie Dawn' Those who know ProfessorRoush and his blog well have probably been wondering; why hasn't he said anything yet abo...

ProfessorRoush has nothing clever to say tonight; no biting wit, no humor, not even a long love poem to a favorite rose.  I took advantage o...

ProfessorRoush is proud to present to you, 'Moje Hammarberg', an astonishingly well-behaved Hybrid Rugosa born of Swedish origin in...

This winter, I will not lose these urns of life. This winter, I will not forget where I stored these pomes. This winter, I will not place ...

There are roses that you love from the first glimpse, and roses that sometimes have to earn your love over time.  ProfessorRoush is here, li...

I turned the corner last night, July 5, 2019, and there, right there on the top of virginally white 'Blanc Double de Coubert' in ful...

OA lily hybrid 'Kaveri' ProfessorRoush is almost there; nearly to the autopilot period of the summer garden, the period of the...

Oh, it's been an eventful weekend here on ProfessorRoush's home place.  Work, work, work, sunup to sundown, soreness to sunburn.  I&...

Today, I'll show you why, in photos instead of my usual wordy rambling, that I handpick the Japanese beetles off my roses. All the pho...

When a gardener is pressed by misfortune, by weather, illness, or insect, he or she will sometimes stoop to admiration of the unadmirable;...

I like big hips and I can not lie You other gardeners can't deny That when a rose shows up with its foliage rough and tough  And puts...

Rosa rugosa 'Hunter' Ice, what change thou has wrought on the landscape of Eden!  A night of frozen tears, a dawn of day, and ...