From first frost to spring, see how to winterize roses—insulate crowns, shield canes, care for containers and revive plants ...
Fall is the time to begin winter preparations for your roses. Protect them from winter winds and cold damage with these ...
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Fall and Winter Rose Care

Q: How and when should rose bushes be pruned and winterized? A: What kind of roses do you have? What kind of winter weather ...
End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...
Q. Last spring I planted the first rose bushes in my new garden. They were three Floribunda roses. The shrubs flourished, and flowered through the autumn. Should I cut them back now or leave them ...
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Tom Karwin, On Gardening: The season for roses

Roses are going dormant, so the fall season is the time for annual care for roses in the garden,” writes columnist. “Today’s ...
“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 ...
After all the Christmas rush and the bah-humbug of 2020 in general, I am thinking about my spring garden, especially my roses as they need advanced tender loving care. Pruning Time - My goal is to get ...
When it comes to dud purchases, buying a crummy rose ranks right at the top. A disappointing rose brings very little value to the garden, yet it does deliver a lot of frustration to the gardener. We ...