Growing Roses

“I’m from the North,” she said, “and I haven’t seen a good-looking rose since I’ve been in Florida.” She was a gardener and a rose-lover; like all enthusiastic gardening specialists,

Garden visitors invariably pause before the lavender roses to exclaim incredulously, “Lavender roses! Why didn’t I know there were roses in this color! What are their names?” What magic or

Modern roses have claimed the popularity spotlight in polls throughout the country because of their exquisite form and wide range of coloring.  But some of the older roses still have

Here are the different questions and answers on how to grow and use roses. Question: I have a privet hedge along one side of my driveway. In front of it,

Undoubtedly, the rose is most noted for its blooms, such masterpieces that one perhaps cares little for other aspects of the plant. Yet you can also enjoy this queen of

No garden is complete without roses. There are all kinds of roses; one could have a garden of roses alone. There is a rose for almost every location.  Roses have

Amateurs and professional gardeners throughout the country are conducting experiments with antibiotics in horticulture. In applying them to rose cuttings, I was doing nothing new, nor was I interested in

How fortunate is the child who grows to maturity with memories of an old garden? The memory of my father’s huge, fragrant, old-rose bushes I played under as a child

Floribunda roses are gaining in popularity each season and for good reason. Here in Georgia, as elsewhere throughout the United States, we have found that they have unbounded charm in

Not all of our “Best” ornamentals come from the Orient; this beautiful native American rose is proof of that.  A native from Newfoundland to Virginia and westward to Missouri, this