Re: Easy rose trend

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From: l*@hevanet.com

To: g*@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:31 AM

Subject: Re: [GWL] Easy rose trend

This is a place where Canada is way ahead of us.  They call the average hybrid teas "annual roses" because they have to be replanted every year.  A Canadian rose breeder I know has been breeding tough roses and like Griffin Buck before him, found that hardiness was best in the most disease resistant types.  So there are some Canadian roses that beat many of the American and European types all hollow for health and easy care.

The gardening industry has known for sometime that easy to grow roses
were driving sales, but it now appears that carefree roses as a major
trend in gardening has hit the big league.  Rebercca Kolls just did a
segment on Roses 101 for ABC Good Morning America last week.  Check it
out at
www.abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/RebeccaKolls/Roses_Gardening_040630-1.ht
ml .  

And The Wall Street Journal will feature Knock OutR
(www.theknockoutrose.com) and other easy to grow roses in an article
scheduled to run on July 9th in the Weekend Journal section. The
reporter is focusing on low maintenance roses that anyone can grow as a
new fad in gardening.  The reporter interviewed Steve Hutton, president
of The Conard-Pyle Company, along with some happy gardeners who before
planting Knock Out were "afraid" to grow roses.  

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