Landscape

More and more gardeners are discovering the value of growing shrubs and roses. Requiring a minimum of care, they lend themselves readily for hedges, as specimen plants, in shrubbery borders,

Few plants will give you the satisfaction that roses will, both in the garden and the house. But like anything worthwhile, roses demand little care and attention, even during summer.

Gardeners in our area are becoming more and more rose-conscious. Roses have been grown and cherished in America since the early pioneers grew them from slips and carried them westward

Sloping down from the leafy seclusion of my Summer house, where I am writing, my new rose garden blooms gayly as a catalog page, though to an unimaginative eye, it

Just outside the quaint New England town of Little Compton, Rhode Island, are the Brownell Rose Research Gardens. For more than 35 years, Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Brownell have

The best rose bushes and blossoms are not a product of chemical or organic fertilizers alone but rather a combination. Both are necessary for plant health, vigor, and productivity. Familiar

First, choose a sunny, airy exposure for growing your roses, far from encroaching tree and shrub roots and shade.  Give your beauties adequate spacing so they will have ample room

Most home gardeners living in the latitude of northern Vermont expect to grow hybrid teas less than 5’ to 6’ feet tall. The idea is that it’s foolish to try

The problem of pruning roses baffles most growers of woody or semi-woody plants in home gardens. These gardeners do not realize that a plant has enormous regenerative capacities and that