Gorgeous, fragrant roses are highly desirable and a favorite among gardeners. Although healthy rose bushes can provide beautiful blooms for years, they are often challenging to grow. The trick to ...

There really is nothing quite like the scent of roses drifting through the air on a warm summer's day, especially when it's coming from your own garden. So if you're tempted to add more roses to your ...

Get beautiful blooms year after year with these tips. The key to growing beautiful, healthy roses is knowing how and when to plant them, as this allows these flowering shrubs to establish quickly in ...

Key Points Hardwood rose cuttings are best propagated from fall to late winter.Adding rooting hormone helps hardwood cuttings root faster.Winter propagated cuttings should root and be ready for ...

As a gardening educator, one of my biggest challenges is to get people to do the right thing at the right time. Take planting roses, for instance. Nurseries generally get in their new roses in January ...

Everything you need to know about growing a gorgeous rose garden, from choosing the right location to battling pesky bugs. Start by deciding where to plant your roses. You'll want a place that ...

In the North, planting roses in the spring while the roses are still dormant is the best time. In the South, where the ground does not freeze, fall is the ideal planting time. Summer planting is ...

“If you don’t know where you are going, you are going to end up somewhere else.” This sage adage, credited to Yogi Berra, pinpoints the importance of planning. If you are a novice gardener and you ...

Gardeners often wait until April or May to purchase blooming roses from nurseries and plant them. But planting earlier has advantages. If you’re thinking about adding roses to your garden, here is ...

Q: Did I jump the gun? Last week, I read your article that warns about pruning back roses this early. Well, on Valentine’s Day I gave my love a real living rose, you know the kind that has the roots ...

Want to give a Valentine’s gift that keeps on giving? Buy a rose plant. While it may not look like much now, get it in the ground now and you can have roses April through November. Nurseries are ...

I have a wide variety of roses, including hybrid tea, climber, and different size shrub or landscape roses. Could you give ...