Never definitive, but here's a great work on the
most fragrant roses if you need some ideas.
Our local society has a great website, and if we can grow
roses in this cool northern California coastal climate, anyone can! HumboldtRose.org
The American Rose Society at http://www.ARS.org - Celebrating over a century of promoting the wonders of growing and exhibiting roses.
The All-American Rose Selections - a non-profit research group to guarantee you get great varieties to grow by their designation of AARS winners each year.
Heritage
Roses
Group
- International
group formed in the 1970s to promote and
preserve Old Garden Roses.
The Heritage Rose
Foundation is a
non-profit ogranization established in 1986, devoted to the
preservation of old roses.
Edible
Roses -
Recipes we've collected using
the World's Favorite Flower.
Bugman (Baldo Villegas), Entomologist/ARS Consulting Rosarian,
great rose
pictures and info on rose diseases
and bugs, both good guys and bad
guys in the rose
garden http://www.sactorose.org/rosebug/
The San Jose Heritage Rose Garden - largest rose garden in the
western hemisphere
with over 4000 roses. Maintained entirely by volunteers with support
from the city
of San Jose http://www.HeritageRoses.US
HelpMeFind.com/Roses
- A fabulous (probably the world's best) collection of rose info:
breeders,
history, retailers for a particular variety, photos, etc.
Great Rosarians
of the World Commentary/Blog
Humboldt
County
Farm
Bureau - Janet's on the Board of Directors helping
to promote and protect our local agricultural past, present and future
Mack Stephenson's rose photos grown in the desert: http://www.nrao.edu/~mstephen/ros99.htm
"The Gardener's
Net is a
comprehensive internet
community for all your gardening information and resource
needs."
Problems with deer
eating your roses? We got our
fencing from Fickle
Hill Fence. Tell them you heard about them from us!
We've been really happy with what we sent from California Organic Flowers
For garden design ideas using roses see Mitzi VanSant's site at http://www.thefragrantgarden.com/b_roses.htmlBob Bauer's site of good photos and lots of good advice on
growing
roses
http://www.rose-roses.com/
123Greetings for e-cards: http://www.123greetings.com/flowers/roses/
Excellent resource on growing roses
in shade
