Clematis of the Week.

Clematis William Kennett

William Kennett is a Early Large Flowered Type, the blooms are 6 inches across. The plant is hardy, zone 4 thru 9 and grows to 10 or 12 feet. This clematis blooms on the previous season growth so you don't want to prune it the early spring. The first bloom period is spring thru early summer. When it is finished blooming clean up the bush and give it a trim, deadhead it and William Kennett will bloom again for you in September. Pruning group 2.

Wonderful planted with a yellow climbing rose. Here it is pictured with a yellow peony. Try matching it with Golden Gate, Lemon Meringue, or even the white climbing Iceberg would be gorgeous.

We do not yet ship Clematis but stop by the nursery to see our clematis selection. We have shipment a of 250 coming the first week of May. Some of our favorites, Arabella, Durandi, Ruutel, Marie Louise Jensen, Venosa Violacea....well I could go on and on. Stop by and see them for yourself. We will be glad to assisit you in your choice.

Carol

Rose of the week, LUNAR MIST

Our rose of the week is a climber introduced by Star Roses here in United States in 2007. Wonderful old fashioned bloom from the Romantica Series. Deep ivory with a yellow undertones, and a spicey fragrance. We are excited about this rose as it is very hardy, zone 2 thru 8, vigorous, with excellent disease resistance. Height of 8 to 10 feet, and repeat blooms throughout the season. It is all budded up and ready to bloom in the greenhouse, just waiting to be picked or shipped to your garden. $15.95 for a strong growing plant.

We are Open!!

Despite the cold spring we have had we are busy shipping roses and the nursery is now open,

Wed thru Sat, 9-5. Our roses have wintered well in the greenhouse and will stay in the greenhouses until our weather warms up. The nursery is open and you are welcome to shop in the greenhouses for plants. We also have some of our clematis ihere, the remainder will arrive the week of April 27th. Check out the list of special cultivars we will have. Also the Peonies are just about to bloom and and they look wonderful. Hope to see you soon.

The Rosarium In Snow!

Happy New Year 2009!

Northland Rosarium is enduring almost 77" of snow already this year! Wow! They tell us we only need 15" more to break the century's record. In the meantime, we will continue to carefully watch over our rose-filled greenhouses. The plants are doing splendid! Above are a few favorite photos from our snowy holiday at the Rosarium.

Questions about order for the spring? Call us! 509-448-4968 or email to: carol@northlandrosarium.com

Apricot Vigorosa

Even though the nursery is closed for the season we do still have some great roses for sale and we will be taking them the Hardy Perennial Plant Sale in Portland, Oregon on September 20, 21 2008.

Hardy Plant Society of Oregon, Fall Plant Sale and Garden Festival

Sept 20,21st, 2008 10:00am to 3 pm.

Portland Expo Center, Hall C

It is wonderful venue for plant shopping, it you are in the area we hope you will join us. Here is a partial list of what we will have available: Fourth of July Climber, Lunar Mist Climber, Climbing Rainbow's End, Chihuly, Amadeus, Night Owl, Wing Ding, Lion's Fairy Tale, Apricot Candy, Daybreaker, Ink Spots, Apothcary Rose, Full Sail, Heirloom, New Zealand,Apricot Vigorosa, Neptune, Cream Veranda, Mikado, Cape Diamond, Zephrine Drouhin, Mondiale, Octoberfest, Folklore, and others. Most will be available in our regular size pot (4 X 6, about 1 quart of media and roots) and we will have some in gallon sizes. We look forward to seeing you there.

At this year's Art In The Garden event we had a wonderful day. We had several vendor's in the garden with some very nice items, lots of great roses on sale and some tasty drinks and snacks for everyone. We hope you had a chance to enjoy the day with us, if not put next year's Art In The Garden on your calender, August 22, 2009 and plan to join us. If you are someone with a talent or craft to share and have some items you would like to sell contact the Rosarium to get on the roster for next year. Thank you to everyone who made the day such a success.

Paul's Himalayan Musk Rose

We recently visited the fabulous rose garden of Anne and Max Belovich in Stanwood, Wa.! This crabapple tree blooms twice; once with it's own blossoms in spring and again with Paul's Himalayan Musk Rose later in June! This is just one rose and it's perfect trellis, the tree! Ruth Mano, on the left and I are both about 5' tall so you can see how huge this rose is! This sight inspired me to put a Paul's into my Korean Ash tree in the front garden. In a just a few years, I hope it will look as fantastic as this in our display garden! We have lots of Paul's Himalayan left if you want to try this in your own garden!