The ARS collection of Anne Belovich’s ramblers at the ARC was
duplicated from the collection at Chambersville Tree Farms in
McKinney, Texas and donated to the ARS by Dean and Carol
Oswald prior to their closing their nursery and gardens in 2021.
Over the 10 years at Chambersville about 40 varieties of the
original 350 variety collection were lost, some from Rose Rosette
Virus, but most were lost due to the 100-year freeze in February,
2020 which devastated the container grown portion of the
inventory.

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The good news is that Teddie Mower (Anne Belovich’s daughter in
law) is conducting a heroic restoration effort in Anne’s original
garden in Washington state. Teddie has been able to supply me
with cuttings of 17 of the lost varieties to fill in the ARS collection.
Teddie is continuing the process of locating and confirming the
identities of the ramblers still growing in Anne’s gardens and is
confident that she will also be able to supply cuttings of most the
remaining missing ramblers over the next few years.