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'...

'Blush Hip' Friends, ProfessorRoush had every intention of running another beauty pageant this week, perhaps one among red roses or ...

Dr. and Mrs. ProfessorRoush set out on a quick run for tacos and Crumbl Cookies® last night, a quest for the perfect Saturday night snack co...

Well, it's a pretty rose, but it isn't likely 'La Ville de Bruxelles' , now, is it?  In my search for Old Garden Roses and H...

I neglected to show you one new rose in ProfessorRoush's garden this year, the Hybrid Rugosa 'Parfum de L'Hay' that I purcha...

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who's the purple-ist rose of all?  My rose garden was deliciously purple last week, plenty of purple pulchr...

I took Bella out the front door last night for her nightly squat, flipped on the lights, opened the front door, and followed her slightly ro...

'Madame Hardy' Finally, finally, finally.  At last, in this garden year of dry winters and late freezes and cool dampness, when ...

Mystery free rose ProfessorRoush has been waiting patiently for several years to identify a rose that has struggled in my garden; trampl...

'Orpheline de Julliet' I think this blog is far past due for a rose update, don't you agree?  Old Garden Roses are nearly al...

'Topaz Jewel', risen from the muck While ProfessorRoush's exterior surfaces are a bit "dampened" by all the rain w...

♫I'm in love with the girl that I'm talking about  I'm in love with the girl I can't live without  I'm in love but I s...

'Fantin-Latour' At a certain stage of life, gardeners begin to notice that their connections with childhood friends are intertwi...