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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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Mar 8, 20231 min read
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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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Feb 6, 20232 min read
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'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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Jan 7, 20231 min read
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'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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Nov 28, 20221 min read
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"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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Nov 28, 20222 min read
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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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Nov 7, 20222 min read
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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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Nov 1, 20222 min read
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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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Oct 24, 20221 min read
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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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Sep 22, 20225 min read
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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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Sep 15, 20221 min read
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