Garden Musings

In the midst of an otherwise disappointing Spring flowering season, there is a gem or two popping up in my gloomy garden.   'Harison'...

Turnabout IS fair play, isn't it folks? "Any eye for an eye?" Or is it "all is fair in love and war?"   Whichever th...

What a difference five days can make in a garden!  Mrs. ProfessorRoush and I left for a trip last Wednesday (May 9th), and returned tonight ...

When, oh Lord, did the first rose bloom? Bright and shining 'neath a cloudy sky? Stolen sunrays captured live, Emerald green brushed ...

But, it's a good yellow kind of day.  I was stupendously cheered up last night when I noticed the first few blooms on 'Harison's...

In contrasting fashion to Picasso and his blue phase of painting during years of depression, ProfessorRoush seems to be going through a yell...

'Harison's Yellow' Finally, Finally, Finally.  The earliest rose in my garden opened yesterday and for once, it was a three ...

'Harison's Yellow' Whatever this crapola is, global warming or normal climate variation or coincidental heat spell, it has t...

Rosa 'J P Connell' Yes, to my frequent readers, I know it's been several days since I blogged.  I could offer a number of r...

If I were to choose a rose that I believe exemplifies the spirit of the prairie, it would be the drought-tolerant, thorny, scraggly mass th...

I always treasure those first blooms of each season in the garden, as I'm sure most gardeners do. There are three shrub roses in my gard...