The Wells Fargo Rose Garden, a modern front-yard potager, features a collection of shrub roses seasonally interplanted with herbs and edibles. A border of arborvitaes and sugar maples adjacent to the geometric rose beds serves as a screen to the building with a detailed spring understory — drifts of early-flowering daffodils, Galanthus nivalis (snowdrops) and Liriope spicata (lilyturf), among others.
The rose collection features a number of varieties developed by the late Iowa State University horticulture professor Dr. Griffith Buck and other contemporary cultivars that thrive in our Midwestern conditions.
The rose garden is made possible through the generosity of Wells Fargo Foundation.
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Wells Fargo Rose Garden on Oct. 18.
Verbena bonariensis in the evening light in the Wells Fargo Rose Garden, July 5. Photo by Kelly Norris.
The Wells Fargo Rose Garden, July 5. Photo by Kelly Norris.
The Wells Fargo Rose Garden on October 26. Photo by Kelly Norris.
The Wells Fargo Rose Garden in evening light on August 2 showcasing Nicotiana (flowering tobacco) and Foeniculum vulgare (fennel). Photo by Kelly Norris.
The Wells Fargo Rose Garden glowing in the evening light on June 18. Photo by Kelly Norris.
Gomphrena 'Forest Pink' (Forest Pink globe amaranth) in the Wells Fargo Rose Garden on October 26. Photo by Kelly Norris.
Amaranthus caudatus (love lies bleeding) is a comical centerpiece in the Wells Fargo Rose Garden.
The Wells Fargo Rose Garden on October 26. Photo by Kelly Norris.
