I just uploaded some nice rose pics to our Facebook page. All of these are grown in our north Spokane garden in sandy soil amended with compost. See them here: Spokane rose pictures Tags: garden pictures, mini roses, rose garden, rose pictures

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The Spokane Rose Society’s annual Rose Hill Day gathering and picnic took place on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at Rose Hill in Manito Park in Spokane, WA. We had a good turnout of Rose Society members and visitors seeking information about roses and the Spokane Rose Society. Everyone enjoyed a delicious potluck in the shade [...]

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In May we visited Harry and Leslie Rendle’s garden. We all refer to Harry as Mr. Mini with good reason. Miniature roses are his specialty. Harry and Leslie keep their garden immaculate: everything is labeled and neatly manicured. It’s no wonder that Harry takes home so many blue ribbons. Tags: garden pictures, garden tours, mini [...]

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In May we visited the Hathaways for a tour of Phyllis’ famed garden. Phyllis certainly has a way with growing things, and it was a pleasure and inspiration to see her “French intensive” gardening style in person. Phyllis uses lawn for pathways and to divide her flower beds. You’ll find clematis winding its way throughout [...]

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We have two June ’09 events: On Wed, the 24th, we will be touring a couple of awesome rose gardens and on the 27th, Saturday, we have the Spokane Rose Show.

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This was the answer to one of the trivia questions at our November dinner meeting. The world’s largest rose bush is a white rosa banksiae banksiae, commonly known as Lady Banks’ rose, located in Tombstone, Arizona. Rosa banksiae banksiae was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1807. The original root of this spectacularly successful rose [...]

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This maybe too many roses . . . then again, maybe not. View the full photo gallery of his roses at the LA Times. A tour of florist Jacob Maarse’s 3-acre rose garden Now he has between 3,000 and 3,500 bushes and significantly less lawn.   Tags: rose garden

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