My friend, Laura LaFlamme, is the Director of the Suffield High School Agriscience Program. I was introduced to her at the 2018 Connecticut Flower and Garden Show by a mutual friend. I was feeling pretty frustrated. The person CT Rose Society paid for 'forcing' our roses for display at the show really left us high ...
Read More | Everything RosesAs a master rosarian who has been growing roses for decades, folks are always asking me what my favorite rose is. It is hard to have a favorite rose as all of them have their delightful traits and habits. It is sort of like picking a favorite child or grandchild…how do you choose, and should ...
Read More | Everything RosesA few years ago, we were introduced to a new name in rose producers here in the United States. Although their roses had been sold here before there were not that many of them in commerce. Kordes is a German company that has been producing excellent garden and florist roses for many years and now ...
Read More | Everything RosesThe last few weeks have been incredibly busy! Connecticut Rose Society just hosted the ARS Yankee District Convention during the first weekend in April. I love these and I always open our home to traveling rose friends who present programs for us. Bob and I were thrilled to welcome Baldo Villegas and Mark and ...
Read More | Everything RosesThis rose gardener from North-Central Connecticut is waking up from her winter slumber! This winter, I have read lots of books, enjoyed many warm fires in the stove with my husband and family, cooked up hearty winter meals, and slept soundly till the morning sun’s arrival. All of a sudden, in the last couple of ...
Read More | Everything RosesAll of a sudden, summer is finished. We always take our vacation in September which stretches out the summer season for us. I have always stopped spraying and deadheading my roses on September 1st, but last year while we were away, my roses were attacked by tobacco bud worms and my whole fall bloom was ...
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