7 Fragrant Roses For Your Garden Walkways
Here are selections of 7 fragrant roses suited for garden walkways in Tacoma’s climate, with tips on maintaining their fragrance & overall health year round.
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.
What are the Old Garden Roses?
Every class of rose defined after 1867 is modern, and any rose belonging to an older class is an old garden rose or OGR. Here are the many classes.
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.
Is an AGRS Rose a better rose?
The All-America Rose Selections (AARS) was an award that was given annually, from 1940 to 2013, to an outstanding new rose variety. It was regarded as the most prestigious rose prize in the U.S. for 73 years, but AARS was discontinued after 2013 and replaced by the updated American Garden Rose Selections (AGRS) program.
Roses are evaluated for two years on many qualities, including disease resistance, flowers, form, and ability to grow in many climates.
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.
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.
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.
Many, many types of roses
We’ll focus on the main 8 classes found in modern gardens in the US & Europe. Your choice of rose depends on how you plan to use it and on your own preferences.
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.
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 .
What are the best roses for my western garden?
A brief answer here with images & links to help you out with selecting great roses for your garden. Colors, names, & reference materials are included also.
How do I start arranging roses?
Is it possible for a plonker to become a designer or arranger or competitor? Absolutely! The American Rose Society has many publication to help with that.
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