Prune hybrid tea roses now. Cut out crossing branches and remove suckers and dead wood. Cut canes back one-half to one-third. Make the cut at a bud facing to the outside of the plant. This allows more ...

The rose is our national floral emblem. This award was given by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1986. It’s time to prune ...

One of the talented floral designers in Redlands is Beverly Brett. For years she has won numerous floral design awards. Beverly is also the name of a hybrid tea rose recently introduced by the ...

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

All over America, yards have older hybrid tea roses languishing for lack of care. These are often specimens planted any time from a decade to a century ago. They’re discovered when you buy or rent a ...

Claude Graves grows 250 varieties of roses at his Richardson property. Hybrid teas are his favorite, but he also cultivates climbers, miniatures and heirloom roses in his backyard. His garden will be ...

I had an interesting conversation with a customer a few weeks ago. She was raving about our hybrid tea roses. She told me she was amazed at the variety of roses that she could make tea from. I ...

Peonies are pretty. Hydrangeas are heady. Lilacs are lovely. But roses are special. No other flower blooms with as much meaning, especially at Valentine's Day. Unlike the definitive poll of America's ...

Because of our exceptionally long growing season, we typically cut roses back twice a year in Louisiana. The first pruning is done now in late January to early February, and the second pruning is done ...