 | 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
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 |