“To revive roses in winter, you should perform your heavy prune in the late winter - removing any damaged, dead, diseased ...

Get rid of dead or diseased wood. Do away with the top third of the bush. Clean out all twiggy stuff. Cut out crisscrossing canes to stimulate new canes. Make all final cuts just above outside-facing ...

You should be finished with your pruning of old roses and planting of new roses. Clean up dropped leaves and old mulch around pruned roses. Rayford Reddell, a rose grower in Petaluma, recommends the ...

A rose bush brimming with fragrant blooms is a summer sight to behold, and a rewarding one for gardeners who have pruned and prepared through winter. But once that first flush fades in June or early ...

Now — spring to early summer. Because most roses bloom most magnificently in spring, so you can see them in bloom to choose which one you want to buy. Winter is the time to buy bare root roses, ones ...

Roses have a reputation for being difficult to grow and disease-prone. But who’s really to blame? We are, said Peter E. Kukielski, a rosarian and the author of “Rosa: The Story of the Rose,” a new ...

Roses in full bloom are a sight to behold - and now is the time to make sure they keep coming back. A rose bush brimming with fragrant blossoms is a summer spectacle, and a rewarding sight for ...

New growth on your roses in March is a reminder that it is time to purchase fertilizer. That sounds easy enough until you face the bewildering number of choices on the nursery shelves: granular or ...

Roses are beautiful, and because of their majesty, they are the most popular flower of gardeners and nongardeners alike. It isn't a surprise roses, our national flower, are top sellers at nurseries ...

Yellow leaves on a rose plant can take away from the beauty of its blossoms and impact the plant's health. In late autumn, yellowing may be a natural part of the plant's life cycle. Older leaves might ...