"Comtesse Riza du Parc" Growing in Australia
“Comtesse Riza du Parc”, the rose that we grow in Australia with this name, has unfortunately been misnamed at some stage.
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PERTH REGION OF HERITAGE ROSES IN AUSTRALIA
AGM & General Business Meeting
Held on Sunday 12th February at Falls Farm, a new Committee for 2023 was elected. The Business Meeting followed
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Di Durston PRHRiA Tea Bag
- Feb 6
- 2 min
The Chinese Letter -Chinese Rose Notes
The good thing about making a New Year resolution to clear out one's office is to find a whole lot of interesting paperwork, like this!
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Di Durston PRHRiA Tea Bag
- Jan 7
- 1 min
'Rubens', A Rose with an Identity Crisis
By Di Durston, Tea Bag PRHRiA The first steps to identify the rose that is grown today as ‘Rubens’ began when our Tea Book was being...
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Di Durston PRHRiA Tea Bag
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
'Saint Mary's Girl'
By Di Durston, Tea Bag PRHRiA In 2001, I poked a few rose hips into the soil and put a name on a stick (SAFRANO HIPS) and waited for the...
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Di Durston PRHRiA Tea Bag
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
"Aussie Sixer"
When the Tea Rose book was released Viru Viraraghavan, the famous Indian rosarian who breeds beautiful roses in India, bred and released...
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Perth Region of Heritage Roses in Australia
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
Falls Farm History
A Talk by Pauline Tonkin After our November meeting at Falls House, Pauline Tonkin gave a passionate talk on the history of the place we...
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Di Durston PRHRiA Tea Bag
- Nov 1, 2022
- 2 min
The Woodside Gate House Rose
The saving of this old apricot coloured rose is unusual in that we took the whole rose plant just
before the bulldozer flattened it.
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Perth Region of Heritage Roses in Australia
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
Afternoon Tea Among the Roses
Intermittent showers could not dampen the day! We wandered among the rose filled garden and enjoyed a truly rosey afternoon.
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Di Durston PRHRiA Tea Bag
- Sep 22, 2022
- 5 min
This Was To Be A Rare Old Rose Treat!
Tea Bag Di Durston - on a mission to rescue a rare old rose. An invitation to visit four unidentified old roses came in 2011.
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Perth Region of Heritage Roses in Australia
- Sep 15, 2022
- 1 min
A Tribute to Carol Mansfield
A Tall Poppy by Gay Bridgement, June 2022 Carol was a renowned and respected Western Australian plants woman who was always willing to...
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