A View of Roses: A Look Back

'Uncle Joe' is as 'Big As The Broad Side of A Barn!

Creating this view upon which the sun can shine is a room with a rosy view in Illinois. Its a new dawn in the Illinois rose gardens. We started over in Illinois in 2011. We built the rose gardens together you and I. If we can start over so can Continue Reading

Winter Rose Protection With Construction Blankets by MN Rose Specialist Deb Kaiser

Rose Specialist Munsinger & Clemens Gardens, Deb Kaiser

Winter in Minnesota is a force to be reckoned with. Rose Specialist of the Munsinger & Clemens Gardens St. Cloud, Minnesota, Ms. Deb Kaiser, has found a kinder gentler way to wrap it up. The following is a Guest Post by Deb Kaiser. Winter Rose Protection With Construction Blankets by Continue Reading

The Fall of Roses, Sunrises & Sunsets

'Crimson Bouquet' at Sunrise in November

Light dances with nature creating a symphony each second, every snapshot a mystery. A myriad of colors, reflections and pools of light bounce along twinkling as if the very eye of creation winks and says “Catch me if you can, for I’ll be gone forevermore into the space of eternity Continue Reading

Roses for Veterans’ Honor

Veterans' Honor at Sunrise in the Rose Garden

Thank-you to all of our Veterans for their service to our country. ‘Veteran’s Honor’ Hybrid Tea, was bred by Dr. Keith W. Zary (United States, 1997). Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. in 2000 as ‘Lady in Red’. History of Veterans Day* “World War I – known at the Continue Reading

The Best Things In Life | Coffee, Pets & Roses

Beautiful Izzy Cat Hat Juxtoposed to Butt Head!? Pets like routines. Don’t you think they need their routines as much as their human companions? If we don’t go to bed when Izzy thinks its bed time she starts running around acting like a sheep herder, corralling one or the other Continue Reading