Roses are budded in order to assure the healthiest, most vigorous root system on every variety. There are however, a few commercial varieties being grown on their own roots. That being said, almost any variety can be grown from cuttings. Keep in mind you may not have the same long term success as with plants purchased from commercial producers.

Roses on the coast, when cared for properly, will grow taller and have larger flowers than in the hotter inland areas where the hot summer sun causes the bushes to quit growing. Though we don't have the heat problem, there are some roses that need more heat than our climate can provide in order to bloom properly. That is why it is especially important here to get varieties which do well in cool, damp climates.

Answer: Determining which colors go well with others can become a science if you let it. We've all seen the familiar "color wheel" that shows complementary and contrasting colors. Reviewing the fundamentals behind complementary and contrasting colors can help you choose which colors to select. But other factors also affect our sense of color. This includes: color brightness, color area (how big/small), color saturation, proximity of colors to one another, light and how we feel about colors.

Seed usually produces and inferior plant and cuttings usually don’t take on today’s varieties, but grafting is a better method.

Yes, but they will perform best in slightly acid (6.0 to 6.8), rich in organic matter, loam soil, with excellent drainage. If your soil is sandy or clay it can be improved with the addition of organic matter. Soil pH can be raised with the addition of lime beginning with an application 6 lbs. per 100 sq. ft. or lowered beginning with 2 lbs. of sulfur per 100 sq. ft. If your soil is extremely poor, consider building 18" raised beds or removing and replacing existing soil to a depth 18 inches.

All roses do the best when planted in full sunshine. This is especially true here on the coast. All yards have micro-climates in them, areas which are warmer or colder than the norm. It is best to find these warmer spots, preferably out of the wind. That said, there are bound to be times when an area of partial shade could be improved by the inclusion of a rose bush. In this case, there are certain musk roses which do quite well under these conditions.

Hardwood cuttings are the most common & time honored method of propagation. All of the great vineyard regions of France & California were first planted using transported cuttings (France by the Roman Legions & California by the Catholic Missions). Cuttings can be made at any time after leaf drop in the fall until the sap starts to flow in the spring.

The biggest requirement for taking clones is a healthy parent, or stock plant. A parent plant should be in excellent health and should posess the characteristics wished for in the new plants. It should be at least two months old and it should still be in the stages of vegetative growth. Besides that you need First, you'll want to prepare the humidity tray by soaking the growing media with your prepared nutrient solution. You will use this same nutrient solution to water the clones in a few days.

The first year they grow somewhat differently. They produce vigorous canes of a smaller diameter than grafted roses. After their first pruning there will be little difference from a grafted rose.

Absolutely! Before commercial fertilizers were commonly available, people were sucessfully growing healthy, vibrant roses using what we eould now call organic methods. (You don't think Empress Josephine ran out to buy the economy size of Miracle Gro for Malmaison twice a season, do you?!) My personal view of rose gardening is to focus on issues of soil health, with sustainability being of the utmost importance. (Not everyone will agree with me, and thats okay too....

The proper tool for most pruning is a sharp clean set of bypass pruners. Anvil pruners should not be used for roses as they crush the stem being cut. A saw or lopping shears may be used to cut very large canes (1/2 inch diameter or greater) All pruning cuts on canes greater than 1/4 inch diameter should be sealed with nail polish or glue to prevent cane borers from entering. Proper pruning will help keep a rose bush healthy.

Some roses may grow reasonably well in partial but not dense shade. They will produce fewer blooms and may grow a little more "leggy" but still provide beauty. Albas and hybrid musk roses, in general, are recommended for partial shade. In our print catalog, those roses that can tolerate some shade are indicated by the letters 'SH' in the code at the bottom of each rose description. All roses do well in full sun.

Absolutely Yes! There are hybridizers who have made certain that you can grow roses anywhere except for the most extreme arctic type climates. The Canadian Government has sponsored a rose hybridizing program that has developed hardy varieties. The 'Explorer' series is one of these. Also Dr. Griffith Buck of Iowa, USA, spent his lifetime developing cold hardy roses. These are known as 'Buck' roses, and many of these varieties are still available. Also Dr. and Mrs.

We offer 2" long cuttings of in stock ribbons in reasonable quantities at no charge. Please call for further information.

Cloning is a form of plant propagation that has been around for a very long time. It's basically taking a growing portion of a plant - a stem with some leaves attached, and helping it to become a brand new plant that is genetically identical to the plant from which the clone was taken. This is often easy to do because plants often clone themselves in nature. It's called asexual reproducation.

Absolutely! However, it is a bit more trouble than starting most other kinds of seeds. Rose seeds have a very deep dormancy period that must be broken by a process called stratification. What this maens is: The seeds must be taken from the ripe hips in early winter (before a hard freeze) and washed. They are then placed in containers of damp sphagnum moss, or perlite/vermiculite, and put in the refidgerator for most of the winter.

Damaged hair follicles recover quickly from the side effects of chemotherapy. But, since hair grows slowly, you probably won't notice hair growth until a month or two after all chemotherapy is completed. REMEMBER: This hair loss is TEMPORARY.

It is impossible that after removal spleen grows. But, if small pieces are left behind at the time of surgery after a ruptured spleen, they may survive and some time start functioning. Some people have accessory spleens difficult to find during an operation to remove.

Of all the piercings, navels tend to grow out the most. Placement has a lot to do with the success of any piercing, so you can increase your success by being pierced by an experienced piercer and following the aftercare instructions. Wearing tight or restrictive clothing can cause a piercing to move or grow out.

You certainly do. We will study plants in Biology 3 and will grow some. We will study hydroponics, fertilizers and and plant propagation. We will probably grow no animals, just observe and pet them. This course satisfies a life science with lab General Education requirement (4 units). Biology 3 is NOT intended for students who are majoring in biology or a related field. This course is not open to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in Biology 6, Botany 1 or Zoology 5.