rose breeders

November 24, 2015September 2, 2014 by The Gardeners' Apprentice

Roses have been around for about thirty-five million years, give or take a few million. Homo sapiens came on the scene about two hundred thousand years ago. The human love affair with roses most likely started whenever the two came together for the first time. It has been going strong ever since. Humans seem hard-wired … Read more

Book Review: The Quest for the Rose

November 24, 2015October 8, 2012 by The Gardeners' Apprentice

BOOK REVIEW: THE QUEST FOR THE ROSE One of my favorite horticultural subjects is roses and I have lots of books on them. In Search of Lost Roses, Thomas Christopher’s 2002 book on “rose rustling” and the discovery of old rose varieties in out-of-the-way places, is one of the best. Another is A Rose … Read more