Rose

Now is the time to prepare your roses for another growing season. Many gardeners are hesitant to prune landscape roses, fearing they will do something wrong and damage or kill the plants. However, pruning provides several benefits including:

There are several things you can do to help your roses survive this winter, and the first is to make sure your roses are healthy and not under stress as they go into winter. Strong plants have a better chance of surviving well than weak plants. The most important thing you can do to reduce stress is continue to water roses until the ground freezes, even if they are dormant. Soak plants to a depth of 8-12 inches, every 2-3 weeks.

Winter is a difficult season for roses. Rapid temperature changes, sometimes as much as 20-30° F degrees in 24 hours, is very hard on plants. Unseasonably warm temperatures in January and February, along with repeated freezing and thawing of the soil can do a lot of damage. What can you do this fall to help your roses make it through winter with less damage and grow well next year? Here are some simple steps.

Now is the time to prepare your roses for another growing season. Many gardeners are hesitant to prune landscape roses, fearing they will do something wrong and damage or kill the plants. However, pruning provides several benefits including:

Are you a rose lover? Then check out this year's new David Austin Roses introductions; five exquisite English Roses for North American gardeners. These roses represent a diverse offering, ranging from the deep crimson, fully double flowers of 'Heathcliff' to the spare, airy apricot-hued flowers of 'The Lark Ascending'. Each hybrid has compelling, attractive attributes and is released after at least nine years in trial gardens.