Archive for the ‘Roses’ Category

Jul-12-2010
The Fairy

My backyard already had 4 pinks plants. And for a manly man like me, that’s 5 Pink plants too many. But when visiting my local nursery, I couldn’t take my eyes off this pink miniature rose. The leaves were so unbelievably glossy, the flower petals seemed to shimmer “silverly”. Even a fellow gardening walking the  [ Read More ]

May-30-2010
Louie Odier1_sm

My precious bare root roses are a year old.  One rose has had to move twice and is just now getting established, The climber is still trying to get a firm footing in the soil, but the third, the Louise Odier, has grown quickly and is already in bloom. A year later, the Louise Odier  [ Read More ]

Mar-5-2009
Louise Odier

So it took a while, but I finally reached concession on which Roses I am using around the house I purchased the flowers from Pickering Roses – Which is an international distributor of classical and hard to find Roses.  I picked them because they were based out of Ontario…Zone 4 anyway, and that told me  [ Read More ]

Mar-3-2009
Sunbright Roses

Rose sellers are not that bountiful, but there are enough of them.  Here are several that sell a good selection in Canada.  (I hate ordering plants and seeds cross-border) 1. Oldrosenursery.com – British Colombia 2. Hortico.com – Large Ontario Rose Distributer 3. Aubin Nurseries Ltd – Manitoba 4. Modern Nurseries – Manitoba 5. Pickering Nurseries  [ Read More ]