Clear plastic shoeboxes make for suitable rooting cases. Learn how to grow a rose from a cutting and a slip using the hardwood or softwood propagation technique. Roses are surprisingly easy to root. I ...
They say every roses has its thorn – and, for many, it's that eyewatering price tag. Thankfully, there is a way to fill your garden with these elegant blooms without it costing the earth: by opting ...
Planting bare-root roses in autumn is the secret to beautiful blooms next year. An easy (and cheaper) alternative to potted roses, bare-root roses tend to establish more quickly in the garden, often ...
Q: After two weeks of looking great in the vase, my cut flower roses started sprouting new growth along the stems. I cut at a sharp angle above and below the nice new leaves and put them into clean ...
Now is the time to buy and plant bare-root roses. For years, my favorite roses have included David Austin types because they are more like the old-fashioned roses with lots of smell and few disease ...
Question: My mother-in-law says that you have to prune roses to the ground and cut off all branches. I tried this a couple of years ago and now my roses have turned into “wild” roses. What is going on ...
Get in on the bare-root rose rage. The most coveted roses are selling right now, but they don’t come in a pot. These roses come home with bare-naked roots completely soil free. Anne Jaeger will show ...
With temperatures already feeling like spring, now is the time to take advantage of the vast selection of “bare-root” plants, specifically roses, in honor of Valentine’s Day. Why buy cut roses that ...
Do you still have bare-root trees or roses waiting to be planted? With so much winter rain, planting got put on hold for a lot of bare-root purchases. But it’s time to get those naked-looking plants ...
April showers us with fine roses sold at the best prices. And, at this time of year, many of the prized roses are sold "bare-root," which means the roots are "bare naked" and shipped without soil. But ...