Crop 196 'Alfred de Dalmas' Moss Rose introduced in 1855, zones 6 thru 9, 2 to 4 feet tall, shade tolerant, blush pink flowers that smell of honeysuckle. Click picture for a larger version that can be saved as wallpaper or studied more closely for inventory information. An explanation of the layout of this web page and links at bottom.

Each year I order virus free roses grafted on Rosa multiflora from which we will take cuttings to root in July (later we will sell both the own root and those grafted on Rosa multiflora in 7 gallon pots). We paint on the side of each pot; an abreviation of the variety name, the year it was first planted, a 3 digit crop number and whether its own root or not (and we turn all the pots so that its easy to read the side of the pot in pictures). I start a new web page for that crop number alone and insert into that page unrelated pictures from around the flowering shrub farm (usually of the house, greenhouse or barn). As plants grow I overwrite each picture with pictures of the variety flowering, decorative foliage, fall color, its fruit, propagation and a sign showing current inventory information with a date (we wont sell a rose until it has flowered proving the variety). When one of the pictures above shows a metal sign with this crop number on it (and a pink label showing the date I took the picture), look for the quantity we have for sale on the sign in its upper right hand corner (if the quantity number isn't there its not currently for sale, check again soon). A green dot indicates its in a 7 gallon pot, yellow is 15 gallon and red is 25 gallon.

Availability? Rose Guide & Inventory. We grow plants to sell at our plant sale. Go to my growing page to see what we do and when we do it. Read my notes on the zone hardiness numbers I use. Do we do mail order? Check my picture-newsletter Want to purchase? email me.