August is the month many of us do this. Exceptions include the old-fashioned roses that flower only once, in spring, on last year’s wood: old wood. Prune them around November, after flowering. Those ...

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Climbing roses are harder to cover for winter than their earth-bound counterparts. But following these simple steps will ...

Everyone loves roses, whether it's an elegant bush of bright red blooms or a bed of pink blossoms. Another way to add roses to your garden is via the climbing variety, which can grow along fences, ...

Fall is the time to begin winter preparations for your roses. Protect them from winter winds and cold damage with these ...

Pruning climbing roses is very different from pruning bush roses. For one thing, we rarely cut them back hard the way we do bush roses. That would defeat the purpose of planting a climbing rose — to ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I need some advice on pruning a climbing rose trained on a wrought iron ...

Winter is a slow time for gardening but for climbing roses, it is a crucial season. While growth is slow and few plants are in bloom, the cold weather offers the perfect opportunity to prepare ...

Roses are adored by many for their glorious flower heads, but they will struggle to bloom without proper pruning. If left, climbing roses can become a tangled mess of branches with very few flowers.

When most people think about growing roses, they think of bushes and shrubs. If you haven’t discovered the exceptional beauty and versatility of climbing roses, you’re in for a happy surprise. Roses ...

IF the true spirit of the summer garden is enshrined in one single component, it is surely in our climbing roses. Not in the formal rose bed, or even the old-fashioned roses that flower so briefly, ...