Potomac Rose Society

Potomac Rose Society Potomac Rose Society (PRS), an affiliate of the American Rose Society, serves rose lovers in Suburban Maryland, Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Please join us by going to https://www.potomacrose.org Our region has many different micro-climates due to varying proximities to bodies of water, the heat‐island effect of urban areas, and the fact that our society’s geographical area has a long north‐south axis. Our summers are normally hot and humid, but our growing season is quite long. To serve the interest of our members, PRS sponsors lectur

es and demonstrations, provides consulting rosarians, co-publishes a newsletter, sells or auctions roses, tours rose gardens, and organizes rose exhibitions. As PRS aspires to continue its leadership and service, it has been listening to rose lovers. Over the last decade, potential members have been telling us they want beautiful, fragrant, environmentally sustainable, low maintenance roses! PRS has responded to their requests by diversifying recent programming to make more information available on growing modern and old garden roses in the mid‐Atlantic region without the use of synthetic chemicals. Our first major educational effort towards organic culture was a highly successful symposium, 1St Annual Mid-Atlantic Symposium on Disease Resistant Roses. The featured speaker was Peter Kukielski, author of Roses without chemicals and former curator of the New York Botanical Garden’s Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden. Our monthly meetings are currently held via Zoom. See our upcoming events list at https://www.potomacrose.org/events

Happy ! At the UMD College Park campus, ‘Belinda’s Dream’ roses are in bloom now around Knight Hall.
08/14/2026

Happy ! At the UMD College Park campus, ‘Belinda’s Dream’ roses are in bloom now around Knight Hall.

Happy ! This cluster of fragrant blooms is from 'Vineyard Song' (MORgrapes, 1999), a shrub rose from Ralph Moore. That ...
08/13/2026

Happy ! This cluster of fragrant blooms is from 'Vineyard Song' (MORgrapes, 1999), a shrub rose from Ralph Moore. That button eye is endearing.

Check out this Zoom presented by Kimberley Dean @ 6:30 tonight via the Indianapolis Rose Society to hear about "Saying N...
08/11/2026

Check out this Zoom presented by Kimberley Dean @ 6:30 tonight via the Indianapolis Rose Society to hear about "Saying No To Blackspot" & learn which roses resist infection.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86465037997?pwd=OeanYHKb9b0QeJWplxYVKfVWyNHE1c.1

Mark your calendar! Two great events for August… SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 / 3 pmBud Grafting Workshop LOCATION: Garden of John and Donna Hefner!Open to all members and their guests. Directions will…

08/08/2026

Here's a sneak peak a decade early at the roses you'll be buying in 2036.

08/08/2026

Happy ! Do you only grow roses with full flower forms (75+ petals) or do you also grow the singles & semi-doubles for the bees?

08/01/2026

Happy ! In the middle of the 2nd flush of roses here in the DMV, any flowers that look decent despite the heat, humidity, & pest pressure feel like a bonus.

Which cultivar is the one you wouldn't part with in your garden?

📷: 'Firefighter' (Orard, 1998)

The recent rose talk by PRS Board Member Kathy Jentz for the U.S. Botanic Garden is now on YouTube:> Join Kathy Jentz, h...
07/28/2026

The recent rose talk by PRS Board Member Kathy Jentz for the U.S. Botanic Garden is now on YouTube:
> Join Kathy Jentz, host of the award-winning GardenDC Podcast, for a practical and engaging conversation around growing beautiful, resilient roses. From pruning and maintenance to common challenges, Kathy shares her personal organic approach to rose care along with her favorite disease-resistant varieties that thrive in our region. This program is connected to our current display “America’s State Flowers: An America250 Celebration.” Roses are the state flower for multiple states -- Iowa, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Washington, D.C. This program was recorded May 29, 2026. Find upcoming programs at www.USBG.gov/Programs
See:
https://youtu.be/ec3c2NuC8xE?si=BTHk_T5boORBP9fi

Join Kathy Jentz, host of the award-winning GardenDC Podcast, for a...

07/24/2026

Thanks to St. Regis Hotels & Resorts in D.C. for inviting the PRS Board to inaugurate the new Astor Terrace Rose Garden in honor of the hotel's 100th Anniversary! 🍾🥂🌹❤️

07/22/2026

Happy ! Did your garden get enough rain for the week last night?

Here's 'Jasmina' climbing a structure & dancing in the rain.

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1400 Quincy St NE
Washington D.C., DC
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