Garden Musings

'Spanish Rhapsody' It's been some time since I blogged about the roses, but I'm happy to report that most of my Rugosa's...

There are so many ways to read that title, eh?  "Still Life w/Surprises" merely as the title of a captured moment in art, an assem...

Applejack w/ bumblebee I'm going to describe a rose today, one that has always left me with mixed feelings.  The bumblebee sitting ...

It's time, my friends, to report the results of the Rose Rosette Plague and Massacre of 2017.  I spent the weekend before last culling o...

'Spanish Rhapsody' About time for a new rose, I think. I've written about this one before, but I've got some better pict...

'Spanish Rhapsody' Don't you often find that the outer "dress" may not be up to societal expectations, but nonethe...

S'il vous plaît permettez-moi de vous présenter 'Butterfly Magic'....er....excuse me.....Please allow me to introduce you to ...

'Maria Stern' I suppose that those who come here for the roses have been bored to tears over the last few weeks at all the dayl...

I was delighted, while walking the mad dog Bella on my evening rounds, to see this bloom of 'Serendipity' standing up tall and beggi...

    Allamand Ho There are a number of Griffith Buck-bred roses that are less than a season old in my garden and  I don't hav...

One of last year's additions to my garden was this pretty pink-toned shrub rose named 'Prairie Lass'.  I have two bushes of this...

If you have been searching for a white rose that will stand the heat of summer, cold winters, and wet springs, 'Paloma Blanca', a 19...

Among the Griffith Buck roses that I ordered and planted this year is a delightful delicate pink rose named 'Rural Rhythm'.  Introd...

'Red Intuition' This, friends, is the rose that ProfessorRoush has been waiting for.  I don't recall where or how, but somew...

Friends, you would think that an old gardener could catch a break.  Out here on the Kansas Prairie, I garden in defiance of scorching sun,...

Yes, ProfessorRoush has not blogged for quite some time.  January has frankly been dismal here in the Flint Hills, and I've been leery o...

After a search of his own blog, ProfessorRoush can scarcely believe that he has never even mentioned, let alone featured, the clear pink blo...

'The Magician' Rose Rosette I suppose some are wondering why ProfessorRoush has been so quiet for the past 9 days?  I'd like...