Julia Childs Wins more Awards!

I'm thrilled to see that Julia Childs, one of my most favorite and recommended roses has won yet more awards. This beautiful floribunda recently won the 2009 American Rose Society Membership choice award. Julia keeps racking up the awards from coast to coast, country to country. You will find this rose to be extremely healthy, bushy in habit, robust in growth and just an all around wonderful garden shrub. Her glossy foliage is dense making her one of those roses that looks good even when not in flower.

Ohhh but when she flowers, it's masses of golden yellow flowers that seem to have a slightly old fashion charm to them. The fragrance is very unusual a mix of anise and sweet tea. Every customer of ours just loves this rose! If you don't yet have a plant, get one! Heck get two or three she is worth planting a border or bed. You will also find her ideally suited for large containers and growing as a standard ( tree) rose.

Master Gardeners Event!

Hello Rose Fans!
Some of you may be familiar with the outstanding Master Gardeners programs of BC. This is a keen group of gardeners and one that I always enjoy speaking to and about. They have many interesting events and I highly recommend that you take a peak at their website and try to attend some of them.
One of their big events this spring can be found at.
http://www.bcmastergardeners.org/

Take a peak at this event!
" The Master Gardeners Association of BC is holding its annual Spring Seminar at the Michael J Fox Theatre, Burnaby, on Sunday, March 8th.
We expect approximately 450 attendees, approximately 60% are Master Gardeners and 40% are general public. All are gardening enthusiasts. This is a one-day event with 4 horticultural speakers."

World Rose Convention - Update

We have well over 400 registrants from 21 countries already preparing their bags to attend the World Rose Convention in Vancouver on June 18 - 24, 2009!

Brad is Back from Hawaii!

Hello everyone!! I'm back from my 2 week winter Holiday to Hawaii. It was just a wonderful sunny time but as always nice to be back. As much as I love the tropics for a winter break, I came back with a deeper appreciation for our wonderful four seasons. There is something so refreshing about the rainy days giving way warm sunny days! All of one would be far to boring. We have such an amazing variety of plants to choose from because of our climate. Most of what we grow here needs our winter dormancy and since in normal years its a mild oneeeeeeeee its easy on the plants.
So enjoyyyyyy our cooler winter, complain just a bit as I do, but know as gardeners we have it madeeee in the shade here! Roses, Shrubs, Evergreens, Bulbs,Annuals, Trees, we can do it all in such grand style and with such selection! The price of plants here is also far far less than any place I have visited in both the USA and UK. The quality is far superior, climate is amazing. Love the West coast and this ideal Rose growing and gardening climate.
More to come soon, but im still jet lagged!
Brad