Better than a Moat and Drawbridge: Old Garden Roses
If you are looking for fast-growing plants that will create a barrier but also be beautiful, try old garden roses. The apartment complex in my backyard has been a decided nuisance. Before we started the garden, tenants used our yard to walk their ... [... more]
Suite101 |
Classic Roses: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia and Grower's ...
 I never knew how many different kinds of roses there were: Publishers, please bring "Classic Roses" by Peter Beales back into print! I bought a copy for a friend and now I can't bear to give it up. It has everything for the rosarian: thousands [... more]
CDN$46.88
Amazon CA |
Five Stories
From Amazon.com: Part of Boston's vibrant (and crowded) singer-songwriter scene, Kris Delmhorst stands out thanks to a gorgeous, tender, evocative voice and a textured and varied musical palette. She opens with a funked-up reworking of "Cluck Old [... more]
CDN$19.99
Amazon CA |
The Graham Stuart Thomas Rose Book
Good book for rose historians or other rose gardeners: I love this book, but found it a little daunting when I first unwrapped it. It is not your standard "lots of beautiful pictures" book. There are a few pictures, but they are not [... more]
CDN$84.00
Amazon CA |
Growing Roses in Cold Climates
Wonderful rose reference for northern gardeners: Not only is this book the best reference, but the only one that gives novices as well as the advanced growers the information on growing healthy roses in the colder zones. It classifies the different types [... more]
CDN$55.95
Amazon CA |
Texas Polish Roots
This music is very catchy, toe tapping, happy: I recommend this music to anyone who likes polkas and waltzes. Very upbeat, not boring, fun. Great Polish Music -- Get's Your Toes Stomping: As a native Houstonian and cousin of Brian's, I really have [... more]
CDN$18.99
Amazon CA |
Smith and Hawken: 100 Old Roses for the American Garden
From Amazon.com: While gardeners often start out with hybrid tea roses, they most often end up growing the healthier and supremely fragrant old roses. Who can resist their crumpled petals in soft watercolor shades and their penetrating fragrance of baby [... more]
CDN$19.95
Amazon CA |
Imagine Our Love (Digi)
From Amazon.com: “I'll never stop a bullet/But a bullet might stop me/I'll never drink the ocean/But the ocean might drink me,” sings Becky Stark in a voice that partially floats and partially soars amidst Lavender Diamond's acoustic slow-waltz. It's a [... more]
CDN$22.99
Amazon CA |
Vol2 - Rebecca's Garden:Rose G
Actor: Rebecca Kolls Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Binding: DVD EAN: 0808630236826 Format: NTSC Release Date: 2004-04-20 Theatrical Release Date: 2003 UPC: 808630236826 [... more]
CDN$14.99
Amazon CA |
Mid Summer Moments
Looking at mid summer highlights in my garden. Roses, clematis and the mixed border provide lots of colour and texture for those warm long evenings. The delights of water in the garden and coping with unexpected visitors are all part of high ... [... more]
Suite101 |
Landscaping with Shrub Roses
The second major division in the IRAR's rose classifications is Shrubs. As a group of roses, they are a "catch all" collection but provide the designer with a multitude of original and diverse landscape uses. Like the Old Garden Roses, many of . [... more]
Suite101 |
The Yellow Rose of Texas
In rose literature, the Old Garden Rose most frequently associated with this name is Harison's Yellow. In the 1830's, George Folliott Harison was a New York lawyer and amateur rose hybridizer. He (or possibly his lawyer father, Richard) crossed ... [... more]
Suite101 |
