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, or for use in a naturalistic setting. In addition, shrub roses are particularly vigorous, hardy, disease-resistant plants. Many produce striking flowers; others bear attractive fruits. … Read more
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. Growing roses you can be proud of will be your reward if you follow simple rules. Watering Water throughout the growing season whenever the ground … Read more
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 to furnish beauty to their new surroundings. Roses have had some schooling for many years, but they have been to college in the last 20 … Read more
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 appears as only an expanse of ground corn cobs. Yet, I see roses, for, in October, I shall begin to plant after a year of … Read more
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 bred better roses for home gardens, emphasizing winter hardiness. From the start, one factor was regarded as prime importance – a resistance to extremely low … Read more
Whenever anybody wants to see an ideal private rose garden in or around Columbus, Ohio, he’s taken to look at the one built by Mr. and Mrs. Ezra C. Anstaett in the Upper Arlington section. Members of the American Rose Society—expert rosarians themselves—made a special point to visit it in 1946 and again in 1953 … Read more
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 inorganics include nitrate of soda, muriate of potash, and superphosphate, all derived from inanimate chemicals or minerals. Organic fertilizers derived from living matter or matter … Read more
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 to spread themselves during development. Prepare The Soil Try to give them a good, rich loam that is always well-drained. Keep in mind that plants … Read more
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 the older the plant becomes, the less living tissue is disturbed by pruning. Pruning is the mechanical removal of any part of a plant by … Read more
Many of my roses are in beds prepared nearly 30 years ago, and although there have been some replacements, most of the bushes are those planted then. With little opportunity to rework the soil, it became extremely acidic over the years, down to pH 4 to 4.5. Last year, I removed the mulch and worked … Read more