Category Archives: Roses

Amazing Micro-Environments in the High Desert

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Susan

‘Gentle Giant’ in the garden of Lois Brandt
Yesterday I posted a photo of a rose in my yard, covered with snow from the night before.
My mom lives less than a mile from me, but her yard is much warmer than mine. I was quite surprised to see that she still had hybrid teas blooming [...]

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Rose ‘Bees Knees’ in the Thanksgiving Snow

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Susan

Miniature rose ‘Bees Knees’ under a Thanksgiving snow
Happy Thanksgiving!

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Rose Hips: Autumn Beauty

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Susan

Rose Hips
When people think about the beauty of roses, we often do not think of the beautiful hips, which provide food for birds in the winter (among other uses). They are beautiful and colorful in their own right.

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Rose ‘Fourth of July’

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Susan

Rose ‘Fourth of July’
Happy Independence Day!

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The Saga of ‘Mermaid,’ Part 14

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Susan

Mermaid -Best of Show, Albuquerque Rose Show 2010
Over the past several years, I have documented ‘Mermaid’ as a beautiful Old Garden Rose (hybrid bracteata) introduced in 1918. She was up to my roof, and in May of 2006 won “Best of Show” in the Albuquerque Rose Show. You have seen that “The Big [...]

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‘Gemini,’ a Great Hybrid Tea Rose for the Desert Southwest

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Susan

Spray of hybrid tea rose, ‘Gemini’
Isn’t this a gorgeous spray of roses? This is ‘Gemini,’ a hybrid tea by Keith Zary of Jackson and Perkins.
This photo was taken this afternoon. This week has been both hot and windy, and yet the bush is covered with single blooms and with sprays.

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‘Flower Girl,’ A Wonderful Rose for the Desert Southwest

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Susan

Flower Girl, a shrub rose Susan Brandt Graham, photographer
‘Flower Girl’ is one of my favorite roses to grow in Albuquerque. It blooms early, continuously, and well into the fall. As you can see, it makes huge sprays of delicate flowers. It is disease-free, and requires little more than an occasional feeding [...]

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The Green Rose

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Susan

Green Rose
This really is a rose, officially a China. In rose shows, it is eligible for the Genesis Award.
The cluster of green you see are really the sepals. I have been told there are true flowers deep inside the cluster of sepals; I have never seen one.
When I took the test to become an [...]

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Roses with Rose of Sharon Trained as a Small Tree

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Susan

Roses, Rose of Sharon, small city garden
Isn’t this a beautiful garden? This photo was taken today, July 11, when gardens in the Desert Southwest frequently look like crispy critters.

Some of the roses are ‘Hot Cocoa,’ ‘Gemini,’ and ‘St. Patrick.’
The tree in the foreground is a crabapple.
The Rose of Sharon, ‘Blushing Bride,” seen in the [...]

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Mermaid 2009

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Susan

Rose ‘Mermaid’
This is the rose that was almost destroyed in Albuquerque’s “100-year Snow” in December of 2006. Although it is not yet as tall as before the storm, 2.5 years later, ‘Mermaid’ has returned to its full glory in terms of quality and quantity of blossoms!
Patience does pay.

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