Our previous column included notes on pruning and propagating roses, and beginning a project to add roses, by first ...
For many gardeners, a rose is a rose. But before you plant one, you need to delve a little deeper. There are several categories of roses, and within each one, there are numerous cultivars. Now is an ...
Both beauty and beast, the 'Mermaid' rose produces creamy-yellow, fragrant blooms on wickedly thorny long canes that can snatch you off your riding mower. "She's a mean rose," said Mike Shoup, an ...
If you are in a situation where you want to have tougher plants in your landscape or want to reduce the amount of lawn grass, consider the tough modern roses and long blooming old-fashioned roses.
“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 ...
Windy winters can weaken rose roots, but the right fall prep helps keep plants steady. A few simple steps now can set the ...
Roses are the queen of landscape flowers. Who can resist stopping to gaze at a newly opened rose blossom or to lean over for a whiff of the fragrance? The traditional rose garden is filled with hybrid ...
Discover the quiet renaissance of Lynn Woods Rose Garden, where a dedicated group of volunteers is bringing color and pride ...
Drift roses are a great new series of low-growing landscape roses that have been chosen as "Louisiana Super Plant" selections for fall 2013. Fall is a great time to plant roses. They establish ...
Pruning will help improve the appearance and blooms of just about any roses. Members of the Kansas City Rose Society used sharp clippers to trim spent roses from the bushes in the summer of 2015 in ...