The Dallas Rose Society

05/25/2026

Great ideas for adding variety to our gardens with fragrant blooms in pots on the patio. In a partially enclosed or protected outdoor space, we love how the wonderful scents are even more noticeable.

Fill your pots with fragrant flowers to add a pleasant aroma to your patio, entryway, or windowsill. These flowers will fill the air with a sweet scent.

05/22/2026

From plant support structures to pottery, it all looks Heavenly!

Beyond the show gardens and shopping bags full of tempting finds, this year’s Chelsea Flower Show is brimming with genuinely clever ideas to take home. From beautifully grown vegetables that double as ornamentation to tiny Balcony Gardens proving just how much can thrive in pots, Garden Editor Clare Foster found no shortage of inspiration while touring the show. Discover all the fresh ideas Clare thinks are worth borrowing from this year’s Chelsea
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05/19/2026

Wonderful resource on companion plants for roses!

Thirty years of growing roses has taught me one thing: mostly, we just get in their way. Folks will spend a small fortune on chemical sprays and special feeds, but completely ignore who they’ve moved in next door. The right neighbors will do the heavy lifting for you. In fact, there is a completely ordinary everyday kitchen herb that actually makes your roses smell sweeter, while quietly showing beetles and aphids the door. Plant it at the base, and you're golden. But on the flip side? There are a couple of very popular garden staples that you should never let near your rose beds. I killed a few perfectly good climbers back in the nineties making that exact mistake before I learned better. Put the right things together, and the rest sorts itself out. I’ve written down a list of the neighbor plants that actually work, and the ones you need to keep far away. Check down below if you want to save yourself a bit of trial and error this season.

05/18/2026

Would you have chosen the same winner? 🥇

05/17/2026

What happens when you get a bunch of rosarians together to learn about floral arrangements? The results are beautiful!

05/17/2026

Making Arrangements -- Florist Trennis Peters showed us how it's done at the Dallas Rose Society meeting today, demonstrating a variety of floral arranging techniques and arrangement styles. Key takeaways : collect a range of interesting vases, build a supportive structure with your favorites greenery (from the store or from your yard) and then experiment with placing flowers, and have fun! Add flower food to the water in your vase before you start, trim stems before placing them, and replace the water in the vase every two days, while also cutting each stem again. Thank you, Trennis, for a fun and informative presentation!

05/16/2026

Tomorrow’s the day! 🌹

Join us Sunday, May 17, for a hands-on floral design workshop at the Dallas Rose Society meeting as we transform everyday supermarket bouquets into stunning arrangements with florist Trennis Peters guiding the way.

The flowers are on us. Just bring your favorite vase and get ready to create something beautiful. 💐

📍 Classroom inside Ralph and Rose Cafe at Northaven Gardens
🕝 Fellowship begins at 2:30 PM
🕒 Meeting starts at 3:00 PM

No membership required. Guests are always welcome!

Please let us know in the comments if you’ll be attending. We can’t wait to see what everyone creates! 🌸

05/15/2026

Will you be there Sunday? We are looking forward to seeing some amazing supermarket bouquet transformations! You won't want to miss it!

05/12/2026

A fascinating look at some of our favorite flowers.