The time for planting roses in spring varies according to the section of the country in which you live. In the middle Atlantic and New England States, this should be done just as soon as the ground can be worked even though heavy killing frosts may follow directly after planting. These do no harm to … Read more
You don’t have to be an expert to grow roses. Witness the showers of brilliant blooms often seen hugging the walls of an Old World cottage. Roses belong to history and the storied gardens of ancient castles. They also belong in your garden and mine, where they lend an air of beauty equaled by few … Read more
Growing roses for the exhibition is an exceedingly fascinating hobby. The blue ribbon winners in the show take something more than average care— pruning, feeding, dusting, and spraying keeps the process from being entirely “a bed of roses.” The use of antibiotics in feeding roses makes the competition in rose shows more complex every year. … Read more
Southward from our location in the far north province of Saskatchewan, tender roses of the hybrid tea, floribunda, and other classes are often filled up with earth for winter protection. Here in the North, the method does not function well, and we have worked out alternative, more reliable methods. Tins raise the question of whether … Read more
Every year, from spring until fall, our garden is visited by rose lovers from all parts of the country. They come singly, and they come in groups, small groups, and large groups. Some stay only a few minutes, some stay for hours, and some stay for days. And all of them, I think, ask questions. … Read more
“Of all flowers, me thinks a rose is best,” said Emilia in Two Noble Kinsmen. This has been man’s sentiment since he first began to garden. The rose has a variety of colors, scents, forms, and landscape value for any taste. No other plant gives more pleasure. Yet most gardeners know only modern hybrid teas, … Read more
The history of roses begins far in the past. Dried specimens have been found in Egyptian tombs. Roses are mentioned in the oldest known writings. Fossilized remnants dug in Oregon prove that a rose bloomed 50 million years ago. Native rose species grow throughout the United States and in many foreign countries. What comes to … Read more
The quality and the quantity of the roses you will enjoy next June are determined largely by what you do with your shrub rose bushes during the next few weeks. If drought or neglect has left your bushes in poor condition, your effort to bring them back to normal should begin now. Even bushes in … Read more
There’s always space in the garden for a growing few additional roses. Sometimes, we wish only to make replacements, yet more often, we want to add choice new varieties. Setting Out Roses In The Spring Although many prefer setting out roses in the spring, more and more rosarians are advocating fall planting. There are many … Read more
The knotty “to be or not to be” question of rose growers, whether to plant rose in the fall or in the spring, is still being debated. Yet except in the far north, where spring planting of roses is decidedly preferable, the results seem to be about the same—at least this is so in my … Read more