Garden Musings

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

With a heavy heart, ProfessorRoush feels that he must give a full accounting of 'Marianne', sweet wonderful 'Marianne', who ...

The rose season has started here and I should show you the first new rose that I'm excited about.  'Crested Damask' was a 2012 a...

'Gallicandy' Yes, I'm aware that you may have a little difficulty deciding that the picture at the right is a rose, not a b...

Hybrid Gallica 'Allegra' Of the several Paul Barden-bred hybrid Gallicas that are entering their second full summer in my garden...

'Marianne' My roses exploded yesterday.  Completely exploded.  Rose bushes that had not opened a single bud the day before were ...

It never fails, does it?  A gardener gives up on a plant and then low and behold there it comes again, fighting its way back from oblivion. ...