Vale Noelene Drage

It is with deep sadness that we inform members of the passing of long-term HRIA member Noelene Drage on 10th September 2023. Instrumental in forming the Perth Region in 1991, Noelene became its first Coordinator and went on to become […]

Singularly Beautiful Roses

A Publication Dedicated to Single, Nearly Single and Semi-Double Flowered Roses. Editor: Stephen Hoy, Georgia USA  

Heritage Roses in our Gardens cover

Heritage Roses in Our Gardens

Author(s): Heritage Roses in Australia Incorporated Publisher: Heritage Roses in Australia Incorporated, 2022 ISBN: 9780645377903 Click here to read on Trove

David Ruston OAM Heritage Rose Conservation Grant

This grant honours the work of the late David Ruston in the collection, conservation and promotion of heritage roses. The rose garden he created in Renmark SA was previously recognised as the Australian National Rose Collection. The Grant: The grant […]

Vale – Gillian Batchen

5th September 2021 Gillian joined Heritage Roes in Australia Inc. during the early days of Heritage Roses in Sydney, NSW. She was on the committee from the beginning and was one of the main instigators in the ‘Rose Rescue’ operation […]

Vale – Hillary Merrifield

Long-term HRIA member Hillary Merrifield passed away on the 9th of September 2021. Hillary was respected both in Australia and overseas as an expert on heritage roses, especially Tea roses , and the many friends she made through roses were […]

Past HRIA Journals

HRIA members can download past Journals by first logging in to the website, then going to the Members Section which can be found under the Membership menu tab. The Journal Archive and other member resources can be found there. Additionally, […]

Sic transit gloria mundi: David Ruston’s Roses

HRIA Journal 43: 3, spring 2021, pp 38-39. Margaret Furness, Barossa & Beyond. (Updated from the Rose Letter, August 2020, of the Historic Roses Group, USA, and printed with permission.) David Ruston OAM, rosarian par excellence and first president of […]

Identifying Roses

Cassandra Bernstein (California) provides some guidelines for identifying roses. Condensed from an article in the Autumn 2006 Journal.

Sporting and Reverting

Margaret Furness (Barossa & Beyond) describes the types of rose mutations.
Re-written from an article in the Summer 2013 Journal.

Rose Diseases and Pests

Tate Hancox (Adelaide) describes some roses diseases and pests. Summarised from an assignment done for his undergraduate degree.

WFRS Conservation & Heritage

Check out the Conservation and Heritage section of the World Federation of Rose Societies http://www.worldrose.org/conservation-and-heritage.html “By Any Other Name” (BAON) is the newsletter of the Conservation and Heritage section of the World Federation of Rose Societies. See the link below […]

Fragrant Roses Susan Irvine

Fragrant Roses

Author(s): Susan Irvine Publisher: Hyland House, 1996 ISBN: 9781875657902 The first in a series of works of quality gardening writing, by rose expert Susan Irvine. Irvine has chosen her hundred favourite fragrant roses; ones guaranteed to perfume the garden and […]

Species Roses Peter Cox

Species Roses

Author(s): Peter Cox Publisher: Heritage Roses in Australia Incorporated, 2016 ISBN: 0994609000 Species roses are the wild roses that pre-date civilization, found in the forests, swamps and grasslands of their native habitats, having evolved over millions of years. All the […]

Mystery Roses Virginia Keane

Mystery Roses Around the World

Author(s): Editor Virginia Keane Publisher: A special edition of Rosa Mundi. Heritage Rose Foundation, Richardson, Texas, 2011 ISBN: 9780983385103 Review: Paperback, 122pp. US $39 including postage (or US $50 for a year’s subscription which includes the book; $40 students & […]

Life with Roses David Ruston

A Life with Roses

Author(s): David Ruston, with Sue Zwar Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd, 2011 ISBN: 9781921719097 A fascinating insight into the life of Australia’s foremost Rosearian, David Ruston of Renmark, S.A. From the flyleaf: “David tells his fascinating tale in a modest […]

BAON World Federation of Rose Societies

By Any Other Name (BAON)

This is the newsletter of the World Federation of Rose Societies’ Conservation and Heritage Committee, and can be accessed via the WFRS website at www.worldrose.org. The Conservation and Heritage page contains some interesting information and links to the newsletters.

Rosa Gallica

Rosa Gallica

Publisher: Rosa Gallica Association (twice yearly journal in English) Contact: Professor Francois Joyaux, La Cour, Commer 53470, France Roseraie de Cour de Commer, Commer 53470, France