10:28, Wed, Jun 18, 2025 Updated: 10:29, Wed, Jun 18, 2025 A rose bush packed with fragrant blooms is one of the best sights in the summer, and a rewarding one for gardeners who have pruned and ...

Roses are known for their voracious appetite and feeding them properly can significantly enhance their flowering. Few flowers add more colour and drama to a garden than roses. Furthermore, their ...

Roses in full bloom are a sight to behold - and now is the time to make sure they keep coming back. A rose bush brimming with fragrant blossoms is a summer spectacle, and a rewarding sight for ...

Garden enthusiasts, take note - before the summer sun sets for good, there's a blooming opportunity to extend the life of your rose blooms. Alan Down, a green-fingered guru with half a century of ...

Roses are beautiful, and because of their majesty, they are the most popular flower of gardeners and nongardeners alike. It isn't a surprise roses, our national flower, are top sellers at nurseries ...

An expert says gardeners must take action now to protect roses as the temperature soars. Warm spring temperatures so far mean blackfly and greenfly will be particularly prevalent this season, ...

From first frost to spring, see how to winterize roses—insulate crowns, shield canes, care for containers and revive plants ...

November is a good time to start preparing your roses for winter. Carefully tie up roses with twine to prevent the canes from becoming damaged due to high winds. Next, remove any leftover mulch and ...

Roses have a reputation for being difficult to grow and disease-prone. But who’s really to blame? We are, said Peter E. Kukielski, a rosarian and the author of “Rosa: The Story of the Rose,” a new ...

Here the whole ground around a rose bush is mulched with compost. At this point the compost is also watered down well. It helps to get the fertilizer, which is underneath the compost, quicker into the ...