Floribunda Roses

The Many Moods of ‘Grüss an Aachen’

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When our daughter was younger, she loved the movie Stuart Little and it was on a lot in the background. Remember the scene where the actor Taylor Negron, a mall salesman, tries to sell a wardrobe for Stuart that is fashioned by a Ken doll and he refers to the costume changes as “The many [...]

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Revisiting ‘Iceberg’ Floribunda Rose

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So I decided last spring to give ‘Iceberg’ a chance to redeem herself. I’ve grown her in a garden past and enjoyed the fresh white blossoms, but frustrated by her susceptibility to blackspot thought this was a rose that I would never grow again. That was until I saw these photos on 66 Square Feet of [...]

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Introducing ‘Julia Child’ Floribunda Rose

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I thank my rose gardening pals on Twitter for introducing me to ‘Julia Child’ because I probably would have never bought it otherwise. After seeing photos and hearing her charms praised I thought this may be the answer to my yellow rose conundrum. So far, she has proven a justifiable purchase producing fluffy yellow roses [...]

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Growing ‘Shazam!’ Floribunda Rose

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‘Shazam!’ The last of my summer roses to share with you is this floribunda that I purchased from the Jackson & Perkins’ Rose Tag Sale late last summer. It’s not a rose I would normally have picked out because I’m trying to build my collection of Old Garden roses and this rose is a very [...]

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