(Image above: White Drift) Super Plant Roses In a special ceremony at the White House Rose Garden, former President Ronald Reagan declared the rose the National Flower of the United States of America in 1986. Only two roses have been chosen to date, as part of the Louisiana Super Plant Program. They are the […]
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(Image above: Noisette Reve d’Or, outstanding fragrance, impressive climber) Bourbon and Noisette Roses for the New Orleans Garden Rosarian Peggy Rose Martin recently spoke to our Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans with an educational talk about roses and recommended several Bourbon and Noisette Roses which perform well in our area. The best time
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Climbing Roses A climbing rose can be a climber or rambler. A climber is any rose that grows 12 inches to 15 inches or more. Climbers come in a variety of sizes including miniature flower blooms from 6 feet to 30 feet. Ramblers, more currently known as hybrid wichuriana or hybrid multiflora, only bloom once
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Landscape Roses/Drift Roses Considered the queen of flowers, roses are a tradition in New Orleans. Roses have been grown in our area as far back as 1731 by the Ursulines. Most of these roses were called old roses or garden roses. The Cherokee rose was one of several roses grown back in the late 18th
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Rose and Plant Propagation Propagating your favorite plants can be very gratifying. It is a good way to get more plants and of saving money. There are different ways of propagating plants by seeds, air layering, tip layering, leaf cuttings but stem cuttings is one of the most popular ways. Master Gardener Don Hanson recently
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