Singularly Beautiful Roses
A Publication Dedicated to Single, Nearly Single and Semi-Double Flowered Roses. Editor: Stephen Hoy, Georgia USA
Category: Articles
Past HRIA Journals
HRIA members can download past Journals by first logging in to the website, then going to the Members Section which can be found under the Membership menu tab. The Journal Archive and other member resources can be found there. Additionally, […]
Sic transit gloria mundi: David Ruston’s Roses
HRIA Journal 43: 3, spring 2021, pp 38-39. Margaret Furness, Barossa & Beyond. (Updated from the Rose Letter, August 2020, of the Historic Roses Group, USA, and printed with permission.) David Ruston OAM, rosarian par excellence and first president of […]
Some notes for newer members
Some interesting notes and descriptions of terms which newcomers to heritage roses will find helpful.
Identifying Roses
Cassandra Bernstein (California) provides some guidelines for identifying roses. Condensed from an article in the Autumn 2006 Journal.
Sporting and Reverting
Margaret Furness (Barossa & Beyond) describes the types of rose mutations.
Re-written from an article in the Summer 2013 Journal.
Rose Diseases and Pests
Tate Hancox (Adelaide) describes some roses diseases and pests. Summarised from an assignment done for his undergraduate degree.
Places to See or Buy Heritage Roses
List of locations to view heritage roses and nurseries where you can purchase them, by state.
Taking Budwood
Some notes from Margaret Furness (Barossa & Beyond).
Tea, Noisette and China Collection
HRiA rose collection at Ruston’s Roses, Renmark, SA.
Index of Roses
Indexes to roses which have been mentioned in the Australian Rose Annuals and the Journal of Heritage Roses in Australia.
Rose Breeding
Rose-breeding: It’s All in the Planning. By Warren Millington.
Rose Propagation – Ziplock Bag Technique
The ziplock bag technique for propagating roses.
Rose Pruning
How and when to prune roses. By Sophie Adamson.
History of the Rose
An interesting article on the history of roses.
A Life with Vases
A poem.
Historic Australian Roses
There are many successful rose breeders in Australia but none are as well known as Alister Clark.
Yesterday’s Roses
A booklet that presents some ideas for using roses in a practical way.