The rose has once again been voted the world’s favorite flower, and not just for Valetine’s Day bouquets. Rose bushes are an unmatched feature in landscapes and perennial flowerbeds, and with the ...

Timing your pruning just right can help your roses thrive and bloom for longer - but when is best to give them the chop?

If you want a rose bush full of flowers, there is one task you can do now to help the blooms flourish come spring ...

“Fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.” – George William Curtis Roses have always been a symbol of love, beauty and warm summer days. You may ask me, why are you writing about roses ...

As September rolls in, it is time to focus on giving your roses a little TLC for a stunning fall bloom. Just as you mark your calendar for spring pruning on Valentine’s Day, Labor Day is the time to ...

Pruning is the symbolic start of the new gardening year. But it inspires panic in less-experienced gardeners who wonder, “Am I doing this right?” Have no fear: The Houston Rose Society will hold a ...

Also, most pruning of climbing roses is done in early to midsummer after the spring/early summer bloom. How we train them is another difference between bush and climbing roses. By simply pruning them ...

A. The pruning of rose bushes can be confusing, especially when you start talking about hybrid teas, old garden roses, shrub roses, once-blooming roses, and English roses. This confusion leads to ...

Lisa Walton, of Allentown, vice president of the Lehigh Valley Rose Society spends a sunny afternoon pruning roses in the Bethlehem Rose Garden on Wednesday. Lisa Walton, of Allentown, vice president ...

An annual ritual for rose growers is the pruning of roses sometime from December to the end of March. But why do the bushes need to be pruned? For centuries they were left to their own devices and ...

Late January to early February is a crucial time for roses, and if you want them to thieve in spring, then now is the time to ...