I hope you are enjoying your garden as much as I am enjoying mine. For me that includes roses, dahlias, berries, tomatoes and more right now. I hope you had a chance to relax and enjoy your garden this “off month” without a Peninsula Rose Society Board or Member meeting. For those of you who […]

I hope you enjoyed the first judged show of the 2019 season. Thanks to all of you who brought horticultural specimens. Please bring in your blooms and arrangements for the June 18th meeting. You can refer to the earlier issues for how to groom and exhibit single stems and hopefully you all learned more about […]

Ready, set, Show I hope you are out walking your gardens looking for prospective roses to bring to our May 5th Rose Show. Remember the show is at 1400 Roosevelt in Redwood City (not our normal venue for the monthly meetings. Please remember what you signed up for to help at our show. Thank you […]

By Stuart Dalton, President Getting involved I know many of you signed up to take part in the PRS rose show May 5th as well as setup and cleanup. I think I’ve signed up to give a talk on mid-year rose care as well as setup and cleanup. If you did not get a chance […]

By Stuart Dalton, President Roses Spring Forth Even though it is still Winter it is looking like the roses will get a good start. Mine are. Both newly planted and older roses are getting plenty of water. New red and tender foliage is sprouting all over. Watch for aphids as soon as the weather warms […]

By Stuart Dalton, President A rose by any other name may be being pruned @#$$%$!! (fill in the words you say as the thorns stick you ;-). If it does stick you, wash and apply antiseptic immediately. I know many of you are pruning now, I am. I have to manage it with the rain […]

By Stuart Dalton, President New Year, New Roses Hello all and welcome back to our Monthly Newsletters. Thank you to our members and to Rose Gilardi for the wonderful Holiday Dinner and installation. It was good to see one of our tireless workers, Barbara Todd, get the Peninsula Rose Society Bronze Medal for her service. […]

By Stuart Dalton, President American Rose Society news The American Rose Society (ARS) National Show and Convention was just held at the end of October in San Diego and I will make a report on any news in the November meeting. Peninsula Rose Society In PRS news, we have a NEW Consulting Rosarian (CR), Carol […]

By Stuart Dalton, President Fall is here and so are some regional and national American Rose Society (ARS) activities. I’ve mentioned these ARS items before, but this is a reminder that the Lodi Regional NCNH meeting and show is coming up 6-7th of October. The Consulting Rosarian school (attending or auditing) in San Francisco is […]

This summer I’ve been monitoring the progress of my front yard revision. As I look out today I have many new roses including some bare root David Austin Roses, about six roses started from own-root cuttings, a few bought early this year as tiny 6-inch plants, and some transplanted out of large, root-bound pots into […]