Ahhh yes, of course, I live in Camarillo, CA in So. California. Wow, all the info is amazing. I just started growing roses last year. I cannot even remember how I found the photos of these two roses but I thought they were lovely. I have Double Delight, Old Blush, Jeri Jennings, Ingrid, Mary Rose, Echo, Madame Lombard, Lovestruck, Pink Pet, Grandmother's Hat, Thomasville Gold, Devon...., Spice, Brother's Grimm, Pink Emily, Fairy Tail, Julia Child, White Pearl in Red Dragon's Mouth, Le Grand Capitaine, Coquette des Blanches, Ducher, Ruth Pink Soupert and Morrie's Pink. My poor gardner trys to wait until I am not home so he does not have to dig another hole for me. LOL So any help will be appreciated. Sue

Hi greenheaven. I bought it from a seller on ebay.uk, "Rootgrow" I think it was called. Only one store here sells this stuff and it it is too expensive for me. The stuff from UK was cheap even with postage and packing. If I have understood it correctly it is only used once in the soil when planting. The microorganism exist naturally in the environment and will eventually establish on the plants by itself, but in can take up to five years in the average garden. If they are added the symbiosis is there from the start. Once they are established they will stay there for as long as the plant lives. Another thing I have read is that mycorrhizal fungi is only one of several beneficial soil microorganisms; types of bacteria, tricoderma fungi and all the living things that exists in good compost and manure makes the soil and garden healthy. The compost type of microorganisms can with advantage be added a couple of times a year. The exception is chicken manure that needs to be composted thorough, preferably hot compost. It is suspected to promote blackspot and other diseases if not.

Helpmefind lists only seven roses bred by Paul Olsen and only one, Prairie Snowdrift, is listed as commercially available. Adamson's Heritage Nursery, mentioned by Petaloid, does seem to be a good source of Canadian-bred roses but of their four Prairie roses (Prairie Celebration, Prairie Joy, Prairie Princess and Prairie Snowdrift) only Prairie Snowdrift is an Olsen rose - actually its a sport of Morden Blush. Here is a link that might be useful: Adamson's Heritage Nursery, LTD

Oh Melda, aren't you too kind. You raise a sore point with breeders, a sport is not a bred rose. A sport is a spontaneous mutation of a rose that can happen naturally, or perhaps be induced with the use of certain chemicals. We "raise" sports. A "bred" rose has been selected from seedlings produced from cross fertilisation. But you are right, I discovered and named 'Alister Clark' to honour our most prolific rose breeder. Here's how it looked in 1990. Here is a link that might be useful: Alister Clark