As summer turns into fall, you might notice small, round fruits starting to grow on your rose bushes. These are called rose hips. They form after the flower has faded and the plant begins to make seeds. Rose hips are not only interesting to look at—they’re also helpful to theContinue Reading
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
The world’s most expensive rose is the “Juliet” rose, which was developed by David Austin and reportedly cost over $5 million to create. The average cost to develop a rose from seed can vary widely depending on various factors such as the type of rose, the breeding program, and theContinue 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
Wow, what a year it has been up here in the PNW. We have been blessed with incredibly warm weather and a few rain storms in between. I can’t believe what incredible luck we have had this year – from getting our seedlings past our goal to getting very uniqueContinue Reading
What a wonderful journey this has been. Yesterday, I went out to check on my seedlings to ensure they were properly watered, and I came across a startling discovery – I have rose buds developing on three-month-old seedlings. WHAT THE HECK?!? I was not expecting that. I am super thrilledContinue Reading
It’s been almost two months since we began this planting journey, and we have seen some gains and losses. This cold/wet snap has caused some seedlings to grow mold and die. Fortunately, we have had more gains than losses. We are currently sitting on 243 seedlings and that is withContinue 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
Wow, what a week. The weather has been windy as of late. I was replanting some of our starter seedlings into larger containers and I thought my greenhouse was going to come down. The wind was gusting from multiple directions. That said, there was one big success today. I replantedContinue Reading