Growing Roses

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

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

Winter is a good time to think about roses, for we usually order some early in spring, and the earlier, the better, providing the ground is suitable.  So let’s think

No garden is complete without roses. I have 80 – hybrid tea roses, some climbers, and some Polyanthus roses, and I try to add a few new ones each year

Rose enthusiasts are increasing astonishingly in numbers and knowledge. Beginners and experienced gardeners decorate their grounds using hybrid teas and floribundas.  Where and how to place them for full effectiveness

Hybrid tea roses need not go half dormant during July and August. They are benefited by being kept in full growth. They are more attractive, too, because they can and

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