>> Margaret Roach, The New York Times
Published: 19 Feb 2021 03:58 PM BdST
Updated: 19 Feb 2021 03:58 PM BdST
A photo provided by Peter E Kukielski shows Plum Perfect roses, which are included in the Sunbelt collection from Kordes Roses, selected for strong performance in warmer zones. It’s the season for ordering roses. Here’s how to choose the right ones — and how to grow them sustainably once you’ve got them. Peter E Kukielski via The New York Times
Roses have a reputation for being difficult to grow and disease-prone. But who’s really to blame?
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We are, said Peter E Kukielski, a rosarian and the author of “Rosa: The Story of the Rose,” a new book about the flower’s place in human cultural history. After the genus Rosa had survived some 35 million years on the planet, it took us less than a century to render it less resilient than it had to have been to stick around that long.