The Rose Grower's Journal
Giving Our Roses Time to Recover: Why We Are Pa...
If there is one thing growing roses teaches you, it is patience. A rose garden works in seasons. There is a time for planting, a time for flowering, a time...
Giving Our Roses Time to Recover: Why We Are Pa...
If there is one thing growing roses teaches you, it is patience. A rose garden works in seasons. There is a time for planting, a time for flowering, a time...
Why Use Natural Rose Petal Confetti on your Spe...
There is something about a confetti moment that gets me every time. The petals rise into the air, everyone laughs, and for a few seconds the world seems to slow...
Why Use Natural Rose Petal Confetti on your Spe...
There is something about a confetti moment that gets me every time. The petals rise into the air, everyone laughs, and for a few seconds the world seems to slow...
Notes from the Rose Nursery - July '26
If there's one word to describe July so far, it would have to be hot. Here in the Usk Valley we've been treated to week after week of glorious sunshine,...
Notes from the Rose Nursery - July '26
If there's one word to describe July so far, it would have to be hot. Here in the Usk Valley we've been treated to week after week of glorious sunshine,...
The Best Confetti Colours for an Autumn Wedding
As I sit down to write this, it's a glorious summer's day in the Usk Valley, with temperatures nudging 30°C and the roses basking in the sunshine. Autumn feels a...
The Best Confetti Colours for an Autumn Wedding
As I sit down to write this, it's a glorious summer's day in the Usk Valley, with temperatures nudging 30°C and the roses basking in the sunshine. Autumn feels a...
Koko Loco - The Rose that refuses to be Ordinary
Some roses play it safe. Koko Loco is not one of them. This is a rose that makes people stop and look twice — not because it shouts, but because...
Koko Loco - The Rose that refuses to be Ordinary
Some roses play it safe. Koko Loco is not one of them. This is a rose that makes people stop and look twice — not because it shouts, but because...
The Dreaded Deadheading: Why It's Worth It Afte...
Your roses looked magnificent a few days ago. Now they're a mass of brown dead heads. Here's why getting on top of deadheading right now matters enormously for the rest...
The Dreaded Deadheading: Why It's Worth It Afte...
Your roses looked magnificent a few days ago. Now they're a mass of brown dead heads. Here's why getting on top of deadheading right now matters enormously for the rest...