

J. Horace McFarland: Named Father of the American Rose Society
ONE HUNDRED YEARS after J. Horace McFarland became affiliated with the American Rose Society, the organization’s Board of Directors...
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Jun 4, 2018


Call to Action for America's Rose Garden
Last year, in American Rose, we introduced the Great Garden Restoration Project for the American Rose Center at ARS national headquarters...
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May 15, 2018


Rose.org 2.0
You may have noticed some new things about the American Rose Society's website lately... We have upgraded Rose.org!! We are excited to...
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May 4, 2018
Rose Registrations
The American Rose Society serves as the International Cultivar Registration Authority for Roses and follows the rules set forth by the...
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Apr 19, 2018


Hybrid Musks
Developed from relatives of the original old musk rose, ‘Rosa moschata’, Hybrid Musks (HMsk) are an increasingly favored class. Reverend...
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Apr 19, 2018


Hybrid Moyesii
To better understand the hybrid moyesii rose classification, lets first look at its parentage, the Rosa moyesii. A species rose,...
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Apr 19, 2018


Hybrid Kordesii
By Linda Kimmel Hybrid Kordesii Roses (HKor), a series of shrub roses developed by Kordes in the 1940s to early 1950s. The House of W....
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Apr 19, 2018


Basic Rose Terminology
When speaking about roses it makes it much easier if all of us use the same terminology. The following is a list of basic terms used to...
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Apr 11, 2018


2018 New Rose Introductions
1. At Last® Class/Color: Floribunda/apricot orange • Bloom/Size: 8.5cm • Height/Habit: 2.5-3’ tall and wide/mounding • Petal Count: 35-40...
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Sep 1, 2017


Soil: Part I and II
Soil is a mixture of weathered rock fragments and organic matter at the earth’s surface. It is biologically active — a home to countless...
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Jul 1, 2014