http://easyroses.org the lazy gardener’s guide to the queen of flowers Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:20:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Antique Roses for the South (Taylor, 2004) by William C. Welch Classic Roses (Random House, 2002) by Peter Beales Climbing Roses (Prentice Hall, 1994) by Stephen Scanniello and Tania Bayard The English Roses (Firefly, 2008) by David ... http://easyroses.org/?p=12 Some years I start annuals early--like the sweet peas I should have planted after Thanksgiving. They would look fabulous now growing near 'Buff Beauty'. But other years I am preoccupied with other things. I love annuals for color in the garden, keeping up the show while the roses and perennials cycle ... http://easyroses.org/?p=11 The June 2008 issue of Fine Gardening includes an article by Suzy Verrier, the person responsible for getting me interested in rugosa roses. They’re the ultimate class of roses for gardeners who want beautiful results with very little work. Rugosas aren’t great as cut flowers—they don’t have the substance to ... http://easyroses.org/?p=10 I don’t know why, but pruning seem to generate more angst in rose gardeners than anything else. Each year when I teach my crash course in rose gardening, I say that the worst thing you can do is give a rose a bad haircut. In other words, even if you prune ... http://easyroses.org/?p=8 Here’s what’s either in my garden or has spent a season in a pot, waiting for a permanent location: Arethusa Belinda’s Dream Blanc Double de Coubert Buff Beauty Camaieux Chic ... http://easyroses.org/?p=7 Last year at the end of the growing season I meant to go around the garden with a notebook and rate each rose’s disease-resistance on a scale from 1 to 5. 5 would mean no visible signs of disease, 1 would be total defoliation. I never got around to it but ... http://easyroses.org/?p=6 Here’s a post I wrote last year for another garden blog (which has since gone dormant), detailing what I’d accomplished as of May 27, 2007: started seeds of Salvia coccinea ‘Lady in Red’ and ‘Coral Nymph’ some sort of hollyhock mix ... http://easyroses.org/?p=5 I’ve begun yet another blog, this one devoted to my favorite flower, the rose. Ten years ago I wrote a book (now, sadly, out of print) about rose-growing for beginners, and each spring I teach a noncredit class at the University of Tennessee on the same topic. The class was March ... http://easyroses.org/?p=1