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With roses and plants as breakthrough as ours, they’re bound to make headlines.  Here you’ll find a collection of articles, stories and blurbs about Star® Roses and Plants products, care tips and events.

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Popcorn Drift® Wins Silver Medal at 2016 Monaco Rose Trial

Popcorn Drift® Wins Silver Medal at 2016 Monaco Rose Trial

Star® Roses and Plants is pleased to announce that Popcorn Drift® was recently awarded a Silver Medal for Ground Cover Roses at the 2016 Monaco Rose Trial. The Monaco Rose Trial is distinguished from other international rose competitions by the fact that the roses presented are grown in pots rather...

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Southeast Top Performers!

"Gardeners who are considering adding new roses this year should consider these from Star Roses and Plants," says Allen Owings, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist. Check out the variety list that will perform great in the Southeast!

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Perennial Solutions: Rock Candy® Penstemon

This exceptional series presents a brilliant display of color on compact plants, perfect for borders, mass plantings and containers. Check out more information about this wonderful series:

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Valentine's Day Rose Alternatives for the Gardener

Flowers may seem cliché—but not all blooms have to be the typical long-stemmed roses or bouquet arrangements. Instead, consider impressing your honey pie with a rose bush that will bloom from spring to frost! Here are three options we think your sweetie will be over the moon about:

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New Roses for the Garden

Every year there are new and exciting rose varieties added to your local garden centers. Here are a few of the top picks from HGTVgardens.com that you should add to your garden this year! Pretty in Pink Eden ™ , Apple Dapple ™ Look-A-Likes ® , Icecap ™ , Peachy Keen ™ , and Best Kept Secret ™.

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American Garden Rose Selections™ Winners from Star® Roses and Plants

Star® Roses and Plants recently won three awards from the American Garden Rose Selections (AGRS) testing program — the successor organization to All American Rose Selections. AGRS recognizes roses that are easy to care for, disease-resistant and suitable for different regions of the country. Star®...

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Finding the right partner

Leaders from Conard-Pyle and Ball Horticultural discuss the reasons behind the recent acquisition and how Ball's purchase of Conard-Pyle benefits both companies.

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Ball to Acquire Conard-Pyle

Purchase creates the opportunity to combine Ball Ornamentals’ strength in woody ornamentals with Conard-Pyle’s market-leading position in roses. WEST CHICAGO, IL – Ball Horticultural Company is pleased to announce the purchase of Conard-Pyle, a century-old plant development company, which brought...

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By any other name, the Knock Out rose would be just as sturdy

Will Radler was still just an amateur rose breeder — a basement hobbyist, really — when he walked out of his home in Milwaukee carrying that fateful baby rose in a soil-stuffed cup.

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USDA awards $4.6 million to fight RRD

The USDA has announced an award of a $4.6 million for a five-year grant to combat rose rosette disease (RRD). RRD is a mite born viral disease that threatens to decimate the US landscape rose industry and eliminate one of the most popular garden plants from American yards. The funds are matched by...

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