Rose Stories

Rose Culture

A “Safe” spray for those garden pests and fungal diseases

My garden at home is seriously infested with aphids. Aphids are worldwide, called greenfly in many

Anatomy of the Rose (in simple terms)

For those of you who want to find your way round catalogues or try to identify a rose variety, a

Blind Shoots

Wandering round the Tudor Rose I noticed a large number of blind shoots. Many of you may have

Climbing and Rambling Roses

A very large proportion of modern climbers are sports of bush roses i.e. they are genetic

Heat Stress in Roses

Last Wednesday someone asked about heat stress in roses, so let’s start off there. The first signs

Interesting Rose Snippets!

When Sam McGredy, the NZ rose breeder, retired in 2002, he sprayed his left-over seedlings with a

Modern Rose Types

When you have been dealing with roses for some time, it is easy to forget that many people may not

Mulching Roses

The prime reason for mulching our garden beds is for water retention and to keep the soil and roots

Raising Roses from Seed

When left to her own devices, Nature has a wonderful lot of surprises for us. This is particularly

Rose Replant Disease

Almost June and it is time to think of replacing those old, worn out roses in the garden. We want to

Soil Conditioner and Fertiliser for Rose plants

Soil ConditionerA soil conditioner is a product which is added to soil to improve its qualities,

Spring in the Rose Garden

You have finished the pruning and are ready to sit back and do nothing until the first lot of

Suckers

John has asked me to talk to you about suckers. This is the time of the year when suckers really

The end of Deadheading

Middle of April and we stop deadheading. About fifty days later the bushes will give us their last

The Origins of Pruning - The Essential old Rose, by Trevor Griffiths

An anecdote, whether true of not I don’t know, concerning the pruning of roses relates to the

The Pruning Mystique

Late April and time to start getting excited. Pruning time is coming fast and we need to get ready

VSRG Rose Replacement

Lex has asked me to talk to you about why and how we replace roses in our garden.Firstly the “why”.

The Rose Explosion

Each year we replace at least five beds of roses. Our Selection Committee has the glorious job of

Tea Roses

Around the time when the Angles, Saxons and Jutes had stopped arguing about the colour of woad they

The Banksiae Family

The first roses to bloom in our garden in the spring are the banksiae family. There are four

Rescue Roses

We are all aware of the way fashions change and what was good last year is now outdated. So it has

The Tudor Rose and The War of the Roses

The main part of the Victoria State Rose Garden, is in the form of “A Tudor Rose”. We work in this

Rosa Laevigata

rosa laevigata. A species hermaphrodite rose, native to southern China, Taiwan, Laos and Vietnam.

Species or Wild Roses

All gardeners know that cultivated plants are developed, either by chance or plan, from wild or

Altissimo

A climbing floribunda, bred by Delbard of France in 1966.In the very early 1970’s Ted Treloar of

Rosa Gallica Officianalis

SynonymsApothecary’s RoseAppothekerroseCommon Provins RoseDouble Red RoseOfficinalisOld Red

Lubra

Last week Ted and his team planted the rose Lubra in the Australian Leaf. It is a Hybrid Tea rose

Joseph Pernet-Ducher 1851-1928

Born in Lyon, Joseph Pernet was apprenticed to the nursery trade under his father, Joseph Pernet

Lyon, France

In 2015, some of our members travelled to Lyon, France to be at the 17th World Convention of Rose

Persica Hybrids

There is a little group of plants under the sub-genera of Hulthemia which was regarded as “not true

Sub-genera Platyrhodon

Two weeks ago I spoke of the sub-genera Hulthemia and the one rose which fitted this section – r.

The Stud Roses

Imagine yourself in Europe at the end of the 17th century. All your roses are pink or white , once

Peace & Chicago Peace

You all know that my primary interest is in Heritage roses, but I try to remember that there are

Old Rose Terms : STUD ROSES

- Up to mid 1700's , Europeans had the choice of pink or white roses which were once flowering. Then

Pemberton's Ladies

Joseph Pemberton (1852-1926) was a typical English “Gentleman” clergyman. He spent his spare time

Tudor Rose Original Colour Scheme

When the planners started the VSRG rose planting, they had a colour scheme in mind. This colour plan

The Australian Leaf ..... a little History

Fifteen years ago, the Victoria State Rose Garden’s southern boundary was a fenceline running from

Some Myths & Legends of the Rose

Sappho, the Greek poet, called it “Queen of Flowers” in about 600 BC, but to the Arabs it was a

Why 'TEA' Roses

Do you ever wonder how, in the 1800s, they got the roses from China to England in sailing ships? The

Vale Peter Cox

It is with sadness I advise that Peter Cox died on the 16th June 2018.Members of the VSRGS first met

Elina and Henri Martin

Do we have any English born here? Let me tell you of an unfortunate rose which had a name change.

MME Caroline Testout

Mme Caroline Testout. HT, Joseph Pernet-Ducher 1890. The lady who gave her name to this rose,

Stories Behind The Name – Plant Hunters

r. davidii. Father David’s Rose. Father Armand David (1826 – 1900) was a French missionary,

Rosa Gallica Officianalis

SynonymsApothecary’s RoseAppothekerroseCommon Provins RoseDouble Red RoseOfficinalisOld Red

Angela Rose Taylor

On March 27th, 1986 - Easter Thursday a car bomb was detonated in Russell Street, Melbourne. A

Mutabilis

Mutabilis has been a cultivated rose in China for thousands of years. It is a China rose. When

Dr Huey – The Rose and The Man

A wichuraiana hybrid, semi double blooms, slightly fragrant, crimson-maroon with light yellow

David Austin

David Austin Snr was born in 1926 as the son of a farmer and began his working life as a farmer. He

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