Welcome to winter. It finally showed up Saturday. It was about time. Two weeks ago, I was harvesting my last okra. And on Thursday, I picked...
94 months ago

You cannot say we have not had a splendid spring. Rose season came early and is still in flower. Some of my heirloom roses — shell-pink...
148 months ago

Some roses are actually easy to grow, needing little to no pesticides, little pruning, and less water than many traditional ornamental...
57 months ago

The Orangerie, commissioned in 1800 by Napoleon's first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais, at the Château de Malmaison, is on the market for...
119 months ago

NEW ORLEANS – Their names hint at French nobility, and many come from roses that were grown in France almost two centuries ago.
70 months ago

The first change Patrick Dunne made to his Creole country house was to remove the dishwasher, a bold statement given how much the New Orleans epicure...
92 months ago

How fitting around St. Valentine's Day to eavesdrop on the two greatest dreamers of pure love, Romeo and Juliet. "What's in a name?
188 months ago

For the Mystic Club's annual bal masque on Saturday night, the organization set a scene not unlike one that Napoleon and Josephine would have had at Chateau de...
116 months ago

Carolside in the Borders is home to a range of magnificent flowers, but it is the collection of roses – ancient, new and rambling – that set...
123 months ago

South Australia is famous for its wine and roses. In the Clare Valley region you can have your fill of both by including, on your obligatory...
35 months ago