GROWING HEALTHY ROSES By Merylyn Condon On garden radio there are often calls asking for home recipes for controlling pests and disease as an alternative to using chemicals. One thing has become very clear, and that is that many people shun commercial pesticides, fungicides and the like. In writing an article for the…
ROSES -Other Types English (David Austin) roses English rose, Mary Rose Pink Mary Rose Rose pink flowers with a loose-petalled old rose form. Radio Times Fresh pink flowers in trusses. Shropshire Lass A large plant to 3m with pale flesh pink flowers fading to white. The Countryman Clear rose pink flowers with narrow…
ROSE – Floribunda Roses Cluster roses Cluster roses (or Floribunda roses as they used to be known) provide some of the most colourful, healthy and reliable roses for garden display and indoor decoration. Almost all cultivars are recurrent and will repeat flower in around forty five days if trimmed back as each flowering is finished.…
ROSES – Large-Flowered or Hybrid Tea Roses Recommended roses for Canberra. Members of the Society maintain a rose garden in the grounds of the Xeriscape Garden, Weston adjacent to the CIT School of Horticulture. This is open to visitors at weekends from spring through to the end of April. There you will see many…