{"podcast":{"title":"Beyond the Garden Basics","slug":"beyond-the-garden-basics-5638242","podcast_index_feed_id":5638242,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/456239.rss","website_url":"https://gardenbasics.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/456239/ea948904fc790f98feb43a4f3bfa95b9.jpg","author":"Farmer Fred","episode_count":184,"summary":"Food and flower gardening tips for warm climate gardeners.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T00:18:33.219328+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-garden-basics-5638242"},"episode":{"title":"New Roses for 2026","slug":"new-roses-for-2026","published_at":"2026-01-16T14:25:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-garden-basics-5638242/new-roses-for-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-garden-basics-5638242","url":"https://gardenbasics.substack.com/p/new-roses-for-2026","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/184693189/d69766d0e72ba4007839a7e8ed97f031.mp3","summary":"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gardenbasics.substack.com In today’s newsletter podcast, Master Rosarian Debbie Arrington waxes rhapsodic about the new rose varieties that will be at nurseries in 2026. In USDA Zone 9, those roses may already be available locally. If not, they’re usually available from rose catalogs. For paid subscribers, Debbie talks about 12 new rose varieties (it’s 6 varieties for free subscribers). Paid subscribers also have access here to the transcript of the podcast, which features pictures of all the roses as well as links to where you can find them online. After the paywall (in the middle of the transcript, below), there are pictures and chat about 6 more new roses for 2026; and, Debbie has tips for bringing cut roses into the house, preserving their aromatic nature. Plus, tips for what to look for when shopping for roses. Here’s the transcript of our conversation about 2026 roses with Debbie Arrington of the Sacramento Rose Society, along with pictures and links: ========== Farmer Fred: I was looking up the term “shovel prune”, trying to find out its origin. If you’re a gardener, you may be familiar with the term shovel prune. It basically means to remove a plant, in a polite way. And the first time I heard it, it was from a rosarian. In fact, the only people I know who use the term shovel prune are rosarians. And so I figured, well, it must have some sort of rose background. But unfortunately, I hit too many dead ends. But I will just assume that shovel pruning is a Rosarian term, because you need to make room for all the new roses that are coming out right now. It’s a great habit to get into. (FREDNOTE: This article is not quite the dead end for a definition for “shovel pruning”… and it’s entertaining!) Rosarian…","meta_description":"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gardenbasics.substack.com In today’s newsletter podcast, Master Rosarian Debbie Arrington wa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1579,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beyond-the-garden-basics-5638242/episodes/new-roses-for-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-garden-basics-5638242/new-roses-for-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}