by Marty Reich, Master Rosarian
You can buy bare root roses, dormant plants sold and shipped without soil around their roots, and plant them in the early spring.
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Author: NRS Editor
What’s soil got to do with it?
by Ron Daniels, ARS Consulting Rosarian, Master Gardener
When I talk to people about how to grow roses I always spend a lot of time talking about soil. As one of my mentors told me years ago; “Don’t go buy a twenty dollar rose bush and put it in a fifty-cent hole (soil).” What he was saying is put your time, money, and preparation in creating good healthy soil to grow your roses; they will love it.
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What is pH?
by Marty Reich, Master Rosarian
pH is a well known scientific term in today’s culture. We constantly hear about bath soaps and shampoos being pH balanced. However, as rosarians, we need to understand it a bit better than most people since the health of our roses depends on it.
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Sam and Nancy Jones Receive Certificate of Achievement in Membership
Article from American Rose The Magazine of the American Rose Society July/August 2017
This award was established in honor of Glenda Whitaker; an ARS Member and Leader whose excellent example and efforts on behalf of the society and its members has been as inspiration to all who have worked on behalf of the society in the area of membership; and to recognize those who have made outstanding and unique contributions to the Society in its efforts to grow in members. Continue reading “Sam and Nancy Jones Receive Certificate of Achievement in Membership”