Garden Musings

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...

'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;...

'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'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"...

All right, I can't stand keeping the secret any longer.  ProfessorRoush has a blooming 'Lillian Gibson'.  Yes, I do. I first hea...

The selection of roses for planting is such a fickle action at times.  I sometimes seek out specific roses based on their reputations, while...

There lies a rose within my chest A rose, crimson red and beating In summer's heat it knows no rest Steadfast 'Hunter', n...

As large shrub roses go, I believe that 'Sir Thomas Lipton' has gotten the short end of the stick and I'd like to apologize to i...