You just mulch them well like any other type of rose." Though most often falling in the 12 to 24-inch range, miniature roses grow as small as 6 inches and as tall as 4 feet. Climbers reach up to 5 ...

Use: Miniature roses can be grown in containers or as bedding plants to create spots of color in home and commercial landscapes. Because of the care needed, it’s often best to plant in groups of ...

Miniature-rose fanciers can, with a little doing, bring their plants indoors from the garden for cheery blooms to perk up bleak winter days. The trick is to provide the roses with a cold, dormant ...

Even though miniature roses are hardy plants, be on the lookout for pests such as aphids, mealybugs and spider mites, which tend to make rose flowers and bushes their home much to your disappointment.

Miniature roses offer eye appeal to your garden and are easy to grow. Imagine a hybrid tea-form rose with flowers only ¼-inch in size, small enough to tuck into a doll’s buttonhole.

97R101 (test roses are numbered, not named) was the first of more than 50 new rose varieties I had to judge that June morning in 1997, and I didn't any more look forward to its preview than I did ...

Make no mistake, these are not finicky miniature roses. They’re true, low-spreading, dwarf shrub roses that grow only 2-3 feet tall by 2-3 feet wide and are covered with blooms that open to 1 1/ ...

Benardella says. "People don't garden the way they once did, and now all you see going in the ground are those shrub roses sold as low-maintenance plants." He shrugs, unimpressed.

Q. I have two miniature roses in terra cotta pots on my patio. Can they remain outside over winter? –Janet Fox, Chicago A. Most miniature roses are hardy enough to remain outside all year onl… ...

Roses generally grow best in soil that’s slightly acidic to neutral, with a pH between 6.5 and 7.0, and consider amending it with composted manure or other organic matter to improve soil ...

Benardella says. "People don't garden the way they once did, and now all you see going in the ground are those shrub roses sold as low-maintenance plants." He shrugs, unimpressed.