Re: rose recommendations

**"* Z* <b*@gmail.com>**

Dear List, I was talking to Pickering Nurseries just two days ago. They have 
200 new varieties for this coming year. The ones to look at are the ADR 
roses these are the future of roses. They have grown them here in Canada 
under test for the last four years and they are everything that the 
Europeans say they are.
As the public becomes award of this designation they will be the only roses 
they will buy.
Bruce
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Bruce Zimmerman
Open-Line Garden Show
CKTB 610 AM
Saturdays 10 - Noon EST

www.brucezimmerman.com
abz1@canada.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandie Parrott" <RSBirdy@Comcast.net>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
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Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [GWL] rose recommendations


> Another source for information on roses is www.greatlakesroses.com in
> Michigan.
>
> Nancy Lindley has retired, but answers questions through her website and 
> you
> can phone her.
>
> She is very knowledgeable about all types of roses and could possibly 
> point
> you in the right direction.
>
> Sandie Parrott
> Freelance Writer and Photographer
> Contributor to:
> GO Magazine (AirTran)
> Michigan Gardener
> The Herbarist
> the Oakland Press
> the Flint Journal
> theMulch.com
> treemoving.com
> Phone: 248-394-1532
> email: info@SandieParrott.com
> Website: SandieParrott.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "MARY FRAN MCQUADE" <mfmcq@sympatico.ca>
> To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 1:13 AM
> Subject: [GWL] rose recommendations
>
>
>> Sheri--
>>
>> Re your search for seeds and sources for old roses: I recently attended a
>> lecture by Wilhelm Kordes, of Kordes rose hybridizers in Germany, so I
>> have
>> roses fresh on my mind.
>>
>>>From what he said about breeding roses, I think it would be hard to find
>> Gallica and Damascena seed. The parent plant would have to be kept
>> isolated
>> from other kinds of roses or the seeds would produce some kind of hybrid.
>> I
>> doubt any business would make that effort -- and I suspect the cost of 
>> the
>> seed would be enormous!
>>
>> Long ago, I grew a rose from seed I collected. It turned out totally
>> different from the mother plant that bore the hips, which supports my
>> theory
>> about weird offspring.
>>
>> For plants, try Pickering Nurseries (http://pickeringnurseries.com) here
>> in
>> Canada. They're an old family-run business with a good reputation that
>> carries all kinds of roses, including lots of the antique ones. They've
>> shipped to Martha Stewart (a gossipy local rosarian told me), so they can
>> probably ship to you. If you order now thru winter, they ship bare-root 
>> in
>> spring.
>>
>> You can also try Richters Herbs, another local family-run business. Their
>> whole operation is US Agriculture-approved, so they're very experienced 
>> in
>> serving US customers. I haven't had time to check their catalogue, but
>> they
>> have an excellent website and should have some of the antique roses and
>> possibly seeds.
>>
>> If you want several plants cheaply, you could try growing them from
>> cuttings
>> of the original plant. I haven't done this myself, but
>> http://texasroserustlers.com has how-to's.
>>
>> I don't have wide experience in growing roses, but I've been interested 
>> in
>> rose history and antique roses for a long time. Maybe some others here 
>> can
>> comment on growing roses from seed. Since no one else talked about this, 
>> I
>> thought I'd share what info I've come across over the years.
>>
>> Mary Fran
>> Toronto, Canada
>> US zone 5
>>
>>
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