10 Tips to Grow Great Roses
Hybridizers are producing roses that are both fragrant & gorgeous, along with added disease resistance. Here are 10 easy tips to grow healthy, beautiful roses!
Choosing the Best Pots for Roses
When it comes to roses, don’t ignore these factors when choosing large pots for your outdoor garden locations. Here are some considerations to help you succeed.
10 Mistakes to Avoid With Your Roses
Watch out for these 10 mistakes to avoid with your roses. Planting, pruning, deadheading, & watering lead the list – but don’t forget about the deer.
How to grow great container roses
You can also enjoy the beauty of roses by growing them in patio containers. All types of roses can be grown – provided you follow a few simple guidelines.
20 great roses with bold colors
Here are 20 rose choices that I’ve had good luck with. Each was picked with the thought of setting 3 plants to create your first colorful garden with 60 bushes.
Honoring “Rosie the Riveter” with gardens
The Rosie Rose Gardens idea has grown when it was realized that America needed to honor the ‘Rosies’ who’d worked at the home front during WWII. We can help.
A Return to the Victory Garden
Don’t just hide away from the outdoors during the Covid quarantine – start a Victory Garden in your yard. 5 ideas to start up your healthy vegetable garden.
It’s 2020 – tear out your lawn!
Despite its traditional American status as a family playground, many of us are ripping out our lawns. Here’s why they are obsolete and how to reclaim the space.
Rose Gardening for the Birds
Most good wild bird nesting sites require good leaf cover, correctly shaped twig structures that fit the bird, & finally a location 5-10 feet off the ground.
Best rose garden companions
Roses today are mixed in the garden with herbs, annuals and perennials to reduce disease on the bushes, plus reduce weeds & insects at the base of their canes.
How to prune your climbing roses
Important elements when pruning climbers include encouraging strong growth from the base of the plant and training stems to fan out for more stem shoots.
7 Steps before buying a new rose
Before you buy your rose plant, consider these factors:
The location; sunlight; drainage; type of rose; variety of rose; rating of the rose; & kind of product.
Where should I plant my roses?
Consider these 5 basic criteria for locating your rose patch. Roses need 6 hours of full sun from February to October to grow & bloom well with little disease.
Starting up a new rose patch
Start with where you are: find a map, compass, & notepad – plus time out in the yard to do a layout. Fall is a great time to lay out your 6 hours per day plan.
Your nose knows: fragrant roses
In the last 10 years the hybridizers who engineer roses have been re-focused on scent. Here’s a fragrant list of some winners from David Austin Roses & ARS .
Alhambra’s Generalife Gardens
A description of this Alhambra garden in Grenada, designed & built by the 14th century Moors weaves around the historic palaces with pictures & info-links.
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