May 2006

Check the Calendar link to explore upcoming workshops and other events mentioned on the show.

Our Month By Month Guide to Gardening in Napa County is available here.

Good Roses - A PDF file of the best disease resistant roses for Napa County Gardens.

Rust and Mildew
These fungus diseases are specific to plant species. They are spread by wind, rain and splash from sprinklers. Select disease resistant plant varieties. Discourage leaf diseases by keeping plant leaves dry - avoid overhead watering. Remove and compost infected leaves. Preventive fungicide sprays protect new growth only

Rose Diseases - Pest Notes PDF

Recommended Reading - Rose Books and Periodicals

Name Author Publisher Date Cost Contact

A Year in the Life of a Rose

Ray Reddell Harmony Books 1996 $23
A Year of Roses Stephen Scanniello Henry Holt & Co. 1997 $25
American Rose Annual Various ARS Yearly $10 (318) 938-5402
American Rose Magazine ARS ARS Monthly Incl. (318) 938-5402
American Rose Society $37 (318) 938-5402
Best Rose Guide Phillips & Rix Firefly Books 2004 $45 PO Box 1338,
Ellicott Station,
Buffalo, NY 14205
Classic Roses Peter Beales Henry Holt & Co. 1997 $55
Combined Rose List Dobson & Schneider Peter Schneider Yearly $20 www.combinedroselist.com
Common Sense Pest Control Bio-Integral Resource Ctr BIRC Yearly $30 P.O. Box 7414,
Berkeley, CA
Compendium of Rose Diseases Kenneth Horst APS Press 1983 $20 1-800-328-7560
Encyclopedia of Roses American Rose Society DK Publishing 2003 $40 www.dk.com
Growing Beautiful Roses Barbara Wilde Rodale Press 2002 $20
Growing Roses in SF Bay Area SF Rose Society SF Rose Society 2002 $20
Handbook for Selecting Roses ARS ARS Yearly $20 (318) 938-5402
Healthy Roses UC ANR # 21589 2000 $10 UCCE (707) 253-4221
Heritage Rose Foundation Newsletter Yearly $20
Heritage Roses/Old Roser's Digest Newsletter Kristina Osborn Yearly $17 818 Adams St.,
Albany, CA 94706
Mediterranean Garden Society 4 booklets Yearly $30
Roses Philip Edinger Sunset Books 2003 $15
Roses Phillips & Rix Random House 1998 $30
Roses of San Jose Heritage Garden Guadalupe Gardens Guadalupe Gardens Yearly $20 www.grpg.org
The Organic Rose Garden Liz Druitt Taylor Publ 1996 $21
Ultimate Rose Book ARS Dorling Kindersley $20 www.dk.com
Winning Shrubs & Roses for Sonoma Santa Rosa Garden Club Santa Rosa Garden Club 1998 $10 2050 Yulupa Ave.,
Santa Rosa, CA 95405
Websites for Rose Growers Prepared by UC Master Gardeners 4/06
Name Subject Website
American Rose Society membership, library, newsletter http://www.ars.org
Baldo Villegas (aka "Bugman") rose diseases/pests (Entomologist CA Ag Dept) http://www.jps.net/rosebug/
David Austin Roses English roses http://www.davidaustinroses.com
EveryRose.com online rose reference database of 7,100 roses http://www.everyrose.com
Find My Roses locates sources of more than 6,000 roses http://www.findmyroses.com
Garden Valley Ranch local retail nursery with rose garden http://www.gardenvalley.com
HelpMeFind 26,000 rose descriptions/photos http://www.HelpMeFind.com/Roses
Heritage Roses Group newsletter http://www.thefragrantgarden.com/hrg.html
Jackson & Perkins huge wholesale grower http://www.jackson-perkins.com
John's Rose Garden Napa garden with 300 listed roses http://www.johnsrosegarden.org/
La Loma Roses good photos of best roses for cutting http://www.laloma.com
Napa County Master Gardeners information for Napa County gardeners http://cenapa.ucdavis.edu (click on MasterGardener)
Old Garden Roses & Beyond info, articles, descriptions, photos & links http://www.rdrop.com/~paul
Petaluma Rose Company local retail nursery http://www.petrose.com
Regan Nursery rose nursery in Fremont, CA http://www.regannursery.com
Rogers Roses Rix & Rogers Descriptions/photos http://www.rogersroses.com
Rose File find roses http://www.rosefile.com/
San Jose Heritage Rose Garden garden of 3,000 roses http://www.randomaccesssolutions.com/sjhrg/SJHRG.com
The Texas Rose Rustlers dedicated to seeking "lost" roses www.texas-roserustlers.com
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden lots of old roses http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/garden
Univ. of California - ANR pest notes & IPM http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu
Vintage Gardens descriptions and growing habits of 2000 roses http://www.vintagegardens.com
Weeks Roses wholesale grower with photos/descriptions http://www.weeksroses.com
Yesterday's Rose great color photos & descriptions of old roses http://www.country-lane.com/yr