The World of Everything that Grows.
Paul Zimmerman lives a life one who loves roses and gardening can only dream of. He is owner of Paul Zimmerman roses, a company dedicated to Budding the Rose Grower In All Of Us. His credentials include a veritable who’s who in the rose world, among them Dr. Thomas Cairns, Continue Reading
Daddy was in England during WWII. War paints a vivid picture in the mind of a child. Mother told me what it was like for my father during WWII in England. Daddy didn’t talk about it. She told of blackouts, air raids in the night and the terrifying Luftwaffe strafing Continue Reading
“Love You Best” was what she said. Mother made every person feel they were the person she loved best. Peonies were her favorite flower. Every year in northern Illinois in preparation for the spring bloom I would take the hand tool and cultivate around each peony bush, add peat moss Continue Reading
Before organic was in vogue I was using every form of soil amendment to fertilize. Let’s review. I won an American Rose Society National Award for Best Climber for Tempo that had been fertilized with egg shells and coffee grounds. I had a little flowerbed of snapdragons in the first Continue Reading