Garden Musings

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

'Ann Endt' It is high time, I think, that ProfessorRoush shows you a rose new in his garden.  My garden where every new rose has...

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...

'F. J. Grootendorst' In normal times I respect and listen to Suzy Verrier on all things Rugosa.  After all, how can the author o...

I have Scott Keneda of Red Dirt Roses to thank for alerting me to the fact that my lust for striped roses was missing a key player;  a stri...

I'd like to honor today a generous reader of Garden Musings who contacted me clear back on January 31st with an offer of a sucker of &#...

'Vanguard' As the first flush of roses dissipates here on the prairie, I've been disappointed by a few "new-to-me"...

'Therese Bugnet' I find it odd that I have never blogged about one of first roses I ever grew; a rose that I purchased once and ...

It is a poorly-kept secret that our Government officials, soon after being elected or appointed, quickly learn to use Friday as a day to dum...

'High Voltage' rose hips ProfessorRoush believes himself the successful survivor of a long-term marriage, if only because the br...