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Tom Karwin, On Gardening: The season for roses

Roses are going dormant, so the fall season is the time for annual care for roses in the garden,” writes columnist. “Today’s ...
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Fall and Winter Rose Care

Q: How and when should rose bushes be pruned and winterized? A: What kind of roses do you have? What kind of winter weather ...
Knowing when to prune roses is important. November is not a time to fully prune shrub roses, which should be done in late ...
Roses are a staple in many gardens, but they need a little bit of care and attention in the autumn months to ensure they ...
Baldo Villegas enjoys the many blooms in his Orangevale rose garden, which features more than 2,500 bushes. He developed a pruning method that takes 3 minutes or less per bush. Paul Kitagaki Jr.
Pruning is an essential aspect of caring for roses. Unlike lower-maintenance shrubs such as hydrangea and forsythia, roses benefit from regular pruning to help keep them tidy and disease-free and ...
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 ...
I can think of no other shrub that blooms over such a long season or comes in as many colors as roses. When you factor in their wonderful fragrance, it's not surprising that roses are among the most ...
It may be cold outside, but January is prime rose-pruning time in Southern California, so bundle up, don some thick, preferably elbow-length gloves, and get snipping. Not sure how to start? Luckily, ...
In a normal year roses are the last of the garden plants to be pruned, usually the end of March. This year, however, roses are already leafing out and so, while it is risky to prune now, we must go ...
It's the time of year when roses are No. 1 on gardeners' shopping lists. One must be able to dedicate time to keep roses healthy and produce spectacular flowers. Those who are willing to have a ...
With spring upon us, now is a good time to give many types of roses their annual pruning. Hybrid teas, grandifloras and floribundas, in particular, can be pruned to stimulate new growth and to improve ...