My California Rose Garden 2024
BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)
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Comments (8)I live in Southern California. Huntington Gardens/Library in San Marino has extensive rose gardens, both modern and antique varieties. Descanso Gardens in La Cañada has their wonderful Rosarium with all kinds of roses (I was there Sunday taking pictures :-) Rose Hills in Whittier is a cemetery with a lovely garden of modern roses. Exposition Park rose garden in Los Angeles has a big garden of modern roses next to the Natural History museum. All of the above have labels for the roses....See MoreVolunteering & training in your s. California rose garden
Comments (14)You should join the California Coastal Rose Society, which meets in Carlsbad. I live in San Juan Capistrano and that's my "base" rose society (although I officially belong to several of them). That group takes care of the Magee Rose Garden in Carlsbad in exchange for the free use of its meeting space --- the garden care group meets on assorted Saturday mornings to deadhead, prune, train or whatever is needed. The next care dates are June 27, July 18, August 1, August 22 and September 5. Sessions start at 9 and last 90 minutes or so. All hands are welcome. Bring clippers. The garden is at the corner of Beech Avenue and Garfield Street in Carlsbad. Also, I know the AARS test garden in Carlsbad is also looking for a few helping hands. I can put you in touch with them, or you can call the Armstrong nursery in front of the garden and they can probably direct you to the proper folk. Kathy...See MoreNewbie questions: Southern California rose gardens.
Comments (8)We get some rose blooms all the way into November. It doesn't get cold enough here for the roses to really go dormant. I prune some time between Christmas and Valentine's Day. Most hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas and miniature roses repeat bloom from spring until fall. Many shrub roses, climbers and heritage varieties do too. I will put a link to information on rose clubs in Southern California. You won't need to be a member to go to a meeting and ask questions -- the best advice on good varieties that bloom well your area will come from folks who live in your microclimate. In public rose gardens with labeled varieties you can see how the plants look, and at rose shows (several held this fall and next spring) you can see hundreds of cut blooms grown locally. Here is a link that might be useful: Southern California rose societies...See MorePalatine Rose 2024
Comments (152)Oursteelers - I feel the same way. Berrypie - yeah, I was thinking after I had posted that Amour de Molene is going to go like firecrackers. Still hoping we can all get one. GardenNut - I hope you get them. Maybe if my Phoenix Perennials in B.C. has lots of roses that I'll love, then I'll pass on Palatine. Can't believe I said that! Diane - yeah, lol, I was thinking that after I had posted. I guess we'll see how it goes. :) :) Kristine - yeah, I agree. Nothing as exciting as last year. I was so excited to see their list. Oh well. I wish Misouko (a perfume...think the rose would be strongly fragrant, right?) had more fragrance....See MoreSheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
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