Clements will speak about roses and how they relate to the period of history in which they appeared. She has been growing roses for over 30 years. Her nursery in St. Paul has grown from a few small greenhouses in 1985 to 30 very large greenhouses today, and the five-acre display gardens draw visitors from around the world.
Heirloom Roses is especially known for having introduced a cleaner stock of roses which do not have rose virus, a malady that became prevalent in the early 20th century. Clements has traveled throughout Europe looking for antique rose varieties which have gone out of commerce in order to reintroduce them or bring them for the first time to the United States.
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