From first frost to spring, see how to winterize roses—insulate crowns, shield canes, care for containers and revive plants ...

In the North, planting roses in the spring while the roses are still dormant is the best time. In the South, where the ground ...

As the sunlight fades and the temperature drops, we all spend less time in our yards, but it doesn’t mean that our plants require any less care. In fact, keeping them healthy, especially knowing how ...

TED: FLOWER FANS MAKE PILGRIMAGES TO PUBLIC GARDENS, INCLUDING THE 171 ACRE TOWER HILL BOTANIC GARDEN IN BLSTON.OY >> WHEN I LIENST TO PEOPLE WALKGIN AROUND, THEY ARE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE PLANTS ...

Question: Last year, I planted six roses. Over the winter, the stems have turned brown except for the very bottom. Rabbits have begun eating some of them. Is there something I can do to protect them?

Like many of you, I had a few plants that flowered through the winter. But my roses were the rock stars in the winter, blooming right through December, even though the temperatures were chilly. Roses ...

Q: How and when should rose bushes be pruned and winterized? A: What kind of roses do you have? What kind of winter weather ...

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

Thomas Mannion, landscape designer in Arlington, knows the reaction he will get when he suggests that a client use a rose in a new landscape plan: "Oh, no, too fussy. All that spraying." The image is ...