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Articles on Roses & Care by Family & Friends

 

Many of us have written articles on roses over the years.  Some are actually useful!  Here is a collection of some writing over the years.  We hope you enjoy it.

 

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Basic Planting & Care Instructions

Table of Contents of The Articles.

 

Basic Planting & Care Instructions

We have a page devoted to basic planting and care instructions in the catalogue section of our website  It's a great place to start and then you can look over the http://www.ashdownroses.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=10 as well

E-Gazettes

Our E-Gazettes are becoming recognized for there rose tips, news and articles.  If you are not already subscribed to it (it's free!) you should be.

Click Here to check out past E-Gazettes and sign up.

Organic Rose Gardening

We are big believers in organic rose gardening and many of the roses we sell lend themselves to it.  There is a nice site about organic rose gardening and you should take a moment to visit it.

Organic Rose Gardening

Organic Rose Gardening

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Gold Coast Heritage Rose Group

Founded in 2001 this group has done terrific work not only preserving our old roses but also found roses.  Here is their mission statement from their website


Our group was established in 2001 as a Chapter of the nation-wide Heritage Rose Groups.
In keeping with the goals of our parent group, it is our purpose to preserve, enjoy, and share knowledge about Old, or Endangered Roses

 

We encourage you to support their group and invite you to check out their website at http://www.goldcoastrose.org/.  With their permission we have added past newsletters to our Library and the links are below.

Gold Coast Heritage Roses Group Membership Form in PDF

Past Issues of Their Newsletter in PDF Format

All require Adobe Acrobat Reader to View

Jan 2008 Jan 2007
April 2008 April 2007
July 2008 July 2007
Oct 2008 Oct 2007

 

Articles by Us and Friends

 

Pruning Roses - Breaking All The Rules.  Written by Gregg Lowery of Vintage Gardens.  Published in their newsletter December 2008

Roses in The Landscape.  Part 1 What is a Garden Rose.  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman - Part 1 of a three part series published in The Rose official publication of The American Rose Society 2008 

Roses in The Landscape.  Part 2 Selecting Roses and Laying Out The Garden.  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman - Part 2 of a three part series published in The Rose official publication of The American Rose Society 2008

Just Say No to Chemicals  My Journey to All Natural Rose Gardening.  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman - This article accompanied a lecture given at the New York Botanical Garden and was published in the Sustainable Rose Garden - 2008 

A Gentle Plea For Order.  Rose Classification.  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman.  Published by the Heritage Rose Foundation. 2007

A Year In the Life of A Rose.  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman.  2004

Roses Amongst the Flowers.  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman.  Published in Perennial Magazine 2003.

Landscaping With Roses.  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman.  This article has appeared in various forms in The American Rose Society 2000 Annual, Perennial Magazine - 2003 and a few others.

Noisettes - America's Native Climbing RosesWritten by Paul F. Zimmerman.  Originally published in The Rose Reporter the official publication of The Tinseltown Rose Society.  Followed by The Rose, the official publication of the American Rose Society.

Coming To A Mall Near You.  Roses for Commercial Use.  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman.

The Charm of Noisettes.  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman.  Originally published in The Rose Reporter 1995

"Novice Corner"  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman - 20 articles that originally appeared in "The Rose Reporter" the official publication of The Tinseltown Rose Society from 1993 - 1995.

President's Messages.  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman - 20 President's Messages I wrote while serving in that capacity to The Tinseltown Rose Society from 1995-1997

Roses For Noses.  Written by John Starnes Jr.  Fragrant roses for Florida.

Three Friends & A Truck.  (Or how to move a collection of OGRs without losing the spring bloom).  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman for The Rose Reporter the official publication of The Tinseltown Rose Society in 1994.

What is An Old Garden Rose.  Written by Paul F. Zimmerman.  Originally published in The Rose Reporter the official publication of The Tinseltown Rose Society.  Two articles from 1995-1996.