Burling Leong breeds, grows and sells roses on her two-acre home site in Visalia, in the San Joaquin Valley of central California. These aren’t common roses; they are hard-to-find ones that are like catnip to rose fanciers and collectors. …
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Beltsville, Maryland and their colleagues have discovered why a mite is causing extensive damages to the nation’s $250-million-a-year rose industry and why it’s so hard to detect and control. It seems the mite hides deep in the flower’s internal organs. …
A horticulturalist known as the ‘Godfather of the English Rose’ after he spent 75 years creating new breeds in his quest for the ultimate bloom has died aged 92. …
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