Rose Hybridizing

The pollinations are all finished for the year (finished by the end of May).  Even so, I wanted to highlight a couple of new seedlings that ...

Happy Independence Day weekend!  Be safe. God bless America!

Prior to this year, I have reused my pollen cups for many years.  When I found them in bulk this year on Amazon, I thought "why not spl...

The blueberry project, otherwise know as "my first attempt to raise blueberries from seeds", started in the fall of 2013.  I had b...

A few of the newest seedlings that are showing some personality and promise.  This first one I am nicknaming "My Eyes are on YOU!...

The first seedling shown below was also salvaged from the neglected seedlings on the west side of the greenhouse (see Salvaged Treasures ). ...

This rose is being registered with the International Denomination "spRussCollins".  It will also carry the name 'Russ Collins...

So yes, this post is about an important French connection.  The connection happened about a year ago when pollen was collected from an inter...

Sweet Minnie, writing about a dog, not a rose this time, a special dog, our family dog. You've had such a full life ever since you we...

Sproul Roses by Design has offered some of our roses for naming by the highest bidder at several local fundraiser auctions for nonprofits ov...

Every year when the seedling benches are being emptied in the fall to get ready for planting the new rose seeds, there are a handful of seed...

Last Friday and Saturday we had an amazing amount of rain where it poured both nights for several hours and we even had quite a lot of thund...

For the last few years, I have been putting a lot of effort into cleaning up the Hulthemia hybrids.  I have made crosses between the Hulthem...

One year it was whiteflies, another year it was earwigs, this year we are overrun with caterpillars at the no-spray Sproul Rose Farm.  They ...