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John Starnes, Inc.
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"EMMONS PINK DAMASK" Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado

 John Starnes, entrepreneur,
 rosarian and rose breeder, multi-media
 artist, organic garden writer, landscape
 designer, shares his energies and projects
 here as they evolve and unfold.

 MY ROSE HYBRIDS:
    DICTUM

Live a Big Life.
Stretch the skin of each new day
then fill it with the flesh of your dreams.
Find the frozen stone of your fear
and chip it into sparks
to illumine the wonders that you can do.

Tell a Big Truth so bright
that the light of it flies out from your mouth
into the dark places
beneath every stone
behind every building
inside every mind.

Let your words and deeds be trusted things
that others can hold and treasure
as perennial measures of honor.

And every time you do the right thing
a stain will fade from the hearts of your children
their grandparents
and you.

Ask a Big Question.
Never lose the cool hunger of your youthful eyes...
learn of the mysteries
inside a lover,
a seed,
even you.

Use your Fear to taste the dark sweetness
reserved for heroes
so that when Death does come
you will have really BEEN,
you will have truly SEEN.

And as you leave that frail human shell,
it a faded chrysalis,

feel the quiver of your new, unseen wings.

    
                      John  Starnes






   Having divided my time these last 15 years between Denver, Colorado and Tampa, Florida, creating and maintaining rose gardens for myself and my clients in both climates, I felt the need for new hybrids, in particular Climbers and Ramblers. My goals include potent fragrance,
disease resistance and vigor, a wide range of coloration including saturated reds and yellows and apricots, and thriving on their own roots without pesticide sprays if given fully alive fertile soil kept well mulched. Modern landscapes usually lack the soft yet regal elegance of rambling roses so I hope some of my hybrids will provide that in both cold and mild climates.
As promising ones are developed, I will share their pics and descriptions with you. And as they become commercially available I will inform you of their sources.
GOLD BLUSH
UNNAMED SEEDLING ("Fairmount Red" X "Victorian Memory")
UNNAMED SEEDLING (Great Western X Othello)
UNNAMED SEEDLING (General Jacqueminot X Stephen's Big Purple)
Brenda Mowery
(Alba maxima X
Alfred Colomb)
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