2023 Rose Toddlers We decided that to further eliminate our rose seedlings from this batch (generation 1), we would overwinter them in 1 gallon pots with only their own soil to insulate them from the elements. Only the fittest were meant to survive and we had many more (67) thanContinue Reading
In other words, it is time to sow some seed. We have brought our seeds out of the fridge and we are impressed with the amount we have gotten. After getting back from our lovely vacation, we spent some time expanding our operation by added shelves to our greenhouse. ItContinue Reading
We recently participated in our first ever rose show, hosted by the Fort Vancouver Rose Society (FVRS), and won second place in the novice category for traditional line design. We had intended to enter in several categories for the show. One week before the show we got heavy rains forContinue Reading
It has been a while since our last post. Wow, have we been busy!! My other company Catalonia Studio had some customers that needed work done and so I have had to stay on top of fulfilling their needs. Further, we had to prep our roses for the 2023, 70thContinue Reading
We are have reached a plateau this week. After parabolic growth in successful seedlings, we have finally slowed down. I attribute this to the week of warm weather we had and now we are walking back into colder temperatures. After this week we expect to have seedlings popping up muchContinue Reading
Our local rose society (Fort Vancouver Rose Society) put on a spring clean-up for the rose gardens they tend to. Our area was at one time a swamp. Today, it is developed, but the thick clay soil remains. During the rainy season, the soil hardly drains and when you walkContinue Reading
We have finally exhausted our seed supply! In our last post, we had planted 1,770 rose seeds in our seed trays. Well, we had three bags of rose hips left in our fridge and we had to harvest them and sanitize them to begin the planting process. We are happy toContinue Reading