INDEPENDENCE -- It was the beauty and hardiness of an antique rose named Mermaid that hooked horticulturist G. Michael Shoup on antique roses in the early 1980s. The emporium is devoted to the ...

It is rose planting time in Texas. The planting season can easily stretch from fall into early spring. A fun place to find a new rose friend is the Antique Rose Emporium in Independence. When you ...

The bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush and purple verbena have been putting on quite a show, but the queen of all flowers, the namesake that rules the Antique Rose Emporium, has been a little confused ...

Three of the seven roses that have won American Garden Rose Selections honors for 2020 were introduced by the Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham, including two that were bred by emporium founder Mike ...

Antique Rose Emporium founder Michael Shoup is looking ahead to new roses. On the 35th anniversary of The Antique Rose Emporium, founder Michael Shoup’s looking ahead to new roses as tough as Knock ...

When Melody McMahon received the news that the Antique Rose Emporium will close its San Antonio Display Gardens, she immediately paid a visit to the Evans Road store. "It's like a death in the family, ...