2027: All About Roses
This year, The Prairie Garden is celebrating the 90th anniversary of its first publication. The 2027 edition of The Prairie Garden, is All About Roses. As a reader, take a journey from the history of the development of prairie roses to wonderful descriptions and photos of the newly introduced hardy roses. You will find tips to design your rose garden, manage rose pests, identify rose nutrient deficiencies, how to propagate roses and even incorporate roses into your desserts. There are also articles on other garden topics that will appeal to everyone.
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EDITOR'S NOTE
Roses. The term ‘roses’ conjures up images of blooms ranging from soft immaculate whites to brilliant shades of red that extend across almost all of the colour spectrum.
Along with an intoxicating scent; satiny, soft petals; and shiny bright green foliage, all of these characteristics have resulted in roses being referred to as the queen of flowers.
Once seen as delicate beauties that could only survive in warmer climes, decades of work carried out by dedicated and skilled rosarians has resulted in the development of roses that can survive even the harsh winters and wide variations in temperature typically seen in Zone 3 climates. With the evolution of the Explorer, Parkland, Canadian Artists, and 49th Parallel series, there is now a rose available to please everyone’s taste.
Open up the pages of the book to discover “All About Roses”.
GUEST EDITOR
RICK DURAND
Rick comes to us as a guest editor for the third time with his other years being 1994 and 2012.
Rick has been in the prairie horticulture industry for over 48 years.
Born in Winnipeg, he lived his formative years in Dauphin
Graduated with an honours degree in Forestry at Lakehead University.
Lived in Portage la Prairie, MB for 28 years; married with two kids
In his career, Rick has worked in five provinces from Ontario to BC.
He has introduced over 60 horticulture prairie hardy varieties that includes trees, shrubs, roses and perennials while working at either his own company Prairie Shade Nursery, Portage la Prairie, Jeffries Nurseries, Portage la Prairie or Bylands Nurseries in West Kelowna, BC.
He has evaluated thousands of research rose selections and been involved in introducing a number of roses, including two roses he bred himself. From 2011 to 2013, Rick was the Research Coordinator for the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA). His primary role with CNLA was to move thousands of research roses from the federal government (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) research centres, located in St. Jean, Quebec and Morden, Manitoba, to his own Prairie Shade Nursery at Portage la Prairie.
He then coordinated the evaluation of all of these roses.
In semi-retirement, he continues to coordinate the research program to develop prairie hardy plants at Bylands Nurseries. He has over three acres dedicated to trials of prairie hardy trees and shrubs in conjunction with Bylands Nurseries and Prairie Shade Consulting at his son Carl’s farm located just outside of Selkirk, Manitoba.
Watch Rick introduce the new book!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
From the Guest Editor
Rick Durand
From the Editor
Evelyn Lundeen
Basic Rose Terms
Rick Durand
All about prairie hardy Roses
Lasting Impressions
Rick Durand
A Rose Article from 90 Years Ago
Rick Durand
Designing and Developing a Rose Garden
Barb Shields
Roses: An Old-Fashioned Favourite
Jackie Brown
Growing David Austin Roses on the Prairies
Julia Waterer
New Generation of Small Roses
Mike Byland
Growing Open-Pollinated Rose Seedlings
Bob Osborne
Scots Roses
Janet Melrose
Frank Skinner’s Breeding with Rosa laxa: Suzanne and Subsequent Hardy Rose Breeding
Hugh Skinner
Hardy Roses for Prairie Canada
Natalie Carmolli
Cultivar vs Commercial Name 101
Rick Durand
Nutrient Deficiencies in Roses
Mario Lanthier
Roses at Wonderland
Leanne Dowd
Bloomin’ Easy Hardy Roses
DeVonne Friesen
Breeding Roses for Canada: The 49th Parallel Collection
Travis Banks
Climbing Roses at Cricket Corner
Alan Daku
Hardy Roses Grown in Public Gardens
Rick Durand
What Happened to Scale Insects on Roses?
Ian Wise
Canadian Roses in Iceland
Vilhjálmur Lúðvíksson
Manitoba’s Wild Roses
Diana Bizecki Robson
The Canadian Heritage Rose Garden
Rick Sauder
Prairie Roses from Indian Head
Bill Schroeder
Hybridizing Fragrant Roses on the Canadian Prairies
Doug Wild
Species Roses in Breeding Hardy Canadian Roses
Lynn Collicutt
My Life in Roses
Larry Dyck
The Rose Collections of the Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs (BGSS)
Gail Fitzmartyn and June Bergman
Roses and Pollinators
Linda Dietrick
Rose Syrup Recipes
Karen Graham
Rose Production: Budding vs Root Cuttings — Tips for Commercial and Home Gardeners
Bob Osborne
Rose Trends in Central Alberta: Beauty, Performance and Smart Use of Space
Shannon Verner
Winter Hardiness in Roses and Other Hardy Landscape Plants
Dr. David C. Zlesak
Romance with Roses: A Journey Through Time with Rosa
Meera Sinha
Black Spot: The Disease Roses Love to Hate
Andy Tekauz
Planting and Transplanting Roses
Janet Melrose
My Life with Roses
Sandy Venton
Rescuing Early Prairie Heritage Roses
Margit Schowalter
Rose Rosette Disease
Esther McGinnis
Henry Marshall and the Parkland Roses
Hugh Skinner
Tissue Culture of Hardy Roses
Sylvie Deslauriers
Insights into Managing Rose Curculio Weevil, Rose Sawfly and Other Pest Insects
Colleen Zacharias
The Return of the Rose
John Leperre
Roses in Saskatchewan
Bernadette Vangool
More on Prairie Gardening
Colocasia and Brugmansia: Tropical Plants Transform Prairie Garden Water Features and Large Patio Containers
Greg Boguski
My May Garden
Marilyn Latta
The Passion of Master Gardeners
Colleen Tanner
The Unexpected Appearance of Tomato Hornworm in Manitoba
Ian Wise
Creative Container Design
Lois Maclennan
The ‘Mansfield Tree’ Tomato: The Fascinating Story of the Original Giant Tree Tomato
Tania Scott & Cheryl Lea
Using Technology in the Garden
Sheryl Normandeau
The Winnipeg Fernery
Sandy Venton
Jardin Papilio Garden: A Butterfly Buffet
Simone Hébert Allard
A.P. Stevenson Commemorative Award
Linda Wall, Manitoba Horticultural Association President
Q & A
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