In the Garden with Pat Rubin

Bee garden writer Pat Rubin writes about everything that grows, from flowers and trees to vegetables and lawns. Pat volunteered for several years as a Placer County Master Gardener and has written about gardening for many national and regional publications. In addition to gardening, she spends time raising and showing miniature horses and miniature donkeys.

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February 22, 2008

Disease-free rose

Weeks Roses has, according to their press release, come up with a disease-resistant rose that “is the very first modern rose that's disease free. No matter what, it does not require spraying, and it needs nothing more than the basics you give the other perennials in your garden. It just keeps on growing and blooming and looking fabulous.”

Pictured here, it’s called Home Run, and has clusters of red blooms with big yellow stamens. Weeks says the rose is always in bloom from spring to late fall, and can be used as a landscape plant or with perennials.

To find a local or mail order source for this rose, visit the Home Run website.

I haven’t tried it, so if you decide to take a chance and order Home Run, let me know how it does in your garden.

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