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“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is a famous line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Check out the articles from this year’s Prairie Garden to discover that this still holds true. Rose culture on the Prairies has undergone numerous changes over the past several decades.Â
The first roses planted by homesteaders were often not cold-hardy and died during our frigid winters. Various breeders over the decades hybridized various native roses that eventually became much more cold-hardy and capable of surviving our Prairie winters.Â
This edition of The Prairie Garden contains a wide range of articles on rose culture written by very knowledgeable rosarians. Articles will help you plant, nurture, train, integrate and over-winter specimens from this often impossibly fickle plant family. Read about the rose family and Manitoba’s native wild roses. Learn about climbing roses, growing roses in containers, roses for the cottage, roses for shade and those for the northern climes. Help your roses survive by learning about correct pruning methods and how to control diseases and deal with insect pests.
The general section has information on numerous subjects including learning about indigenous plants, growing orchids and local carnivorous plants. Learn how to coax plants to grow on rocks, how to use herbicides responsibly and how to improve your garden soil.Â
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Topics
Authors
Guest Editorial
Paul G. Olsen
An Editorial Note
Richard Denesiuk
The Wild, Wild Rose
Peter J. Peters
The Rosaceae Family
Michael Allen
Breeding Hardier Roses for the Prairies
Hugh Skinner
Identifying Manitoba’s Native Roses
Edward Czarnecki
Landscaping with Roses on the Prairies
Paul G. Olsen
Climbing Roses – The Height of Beauty
Frances Wershler
Small Roses in Containers
Brian Porter
Roses, Decks and Patios
Paul G. Olsen
Forty-five Years of Parkland Roses
Paul G. Olsen
Parkland and Explorer Roses in the Northern Plains States
Eric Bergeson
Parkland and Explorer Roses Cultivar Data
Arnold F. Pittao and Brian J. Porter
Yellow Roses for the Canadian Prairies
Dr. Philip Ronald
Altai Scotch Rose – an Important Component in Hardy Rose Breeding
Hugh Skinner
The Name of the Rose: A Metaphor in Duality
Stefan Fediuk
The Romance of Old Roses
Eileen Rosen
Roses as Floral Emblems
Richard Denesiuk
The Elegance of Bailey Roses in Manitoba Trial Evaluations
Rick Durand
Roses for the Cottage
Audrey Law Hosegood
The Romance of a Rose
Carla Hrycyna
Roses For Shade
Claire Bérubé
Buck Roses In the Far North
Paul G. Olsen
Overwintering Roses
Valerie Denesiuk
Control of Diseases and Insect Pests of Roses
Dr. Gary Platford
Otherwise Normal People – Inside the Obsessive and Thorny World of Competitive Rose Gardening
Reviewed by Frances Wershler
Roses in Transition: The English Garden Rose Collection of Assiniboine Park
Stefan Fediuk
A Memorial Rose Garden - Revisited
Mona Hughson
How to Prune Roses (Ouch!) When You’re Blind
Robert P. (Phil) Graham
The Last of the Prairie Rosarians – Walter Schowalter
Arnold F. Pittao
Robert Erskine
Linda Tomlinson
Percy Wright the Man
Sara Williams
All In The Family – The ‘Ross Rambler’ Rose
Arnold F. Pittao
An Open Letter to Betty Biddulph
Marian Schneider
Celebrity Roses Crossword
Stefan Fediuk
Columbines and their Insect Pests
Carla Hrycyna and Bill Turnock
Growing Hydrangeas on the Prairies
Jim Kohut
From Brrr to Aaah!
Claire Bérubé
Solomon’s Seals for the Shade
Shirley Froehlich
Connecting with the Past
Dr. R.E. England
A Rose By Any Other Name Would... Still Not Be An Orchid
Denise Fortier
Stevenson Commemorative Award to Dr. Dale E. Herman
Wilbert G. Ronald
Soil Fertility and Organic Gardening
Dr. Ieuan R. Evans
What’s That Plant?
Claire Bérubé
Man-Eaters of Manitoba: Carnivorous Plants
Dr. Karen L. Johnson
Herbicides
Penni Mitchell
Gardening on the Rocks
Marjorie MacIver
Northern Bedstraw
Shirley Froehlich
Abutilon Hybrid ‘Bella’
Susanne Olver
50 Years Ago: Beauty in the Autumn Border
Dr. W. R. Leslie
The 2008 Award for Excellence: Southwest Farm Women’s Network - Garden Tour
Linda Pearn
Q & A
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