Rose Garden

The Knockout rose is a beautiful low maintenance rose created by Bill Radler. People with little to no gardening skills can grow this rose and think they now have a green thumb. However, as...

Everyone wants to grow roses but not everyone has the space, try container roses

You purchased a climbing rose because you know how beautiful they look. You get the rose bush home plant it, feed it and water it, but it’s growing wildly everywhere except where you want it! You...

One way to preserve the beauty of flowers is to simply dry them out. For fresh roses, the two simplest methods include air-drying and sand-drying.

Black Roses are not black but a red so dark that its buds are almost a true black and opens to a dark garnet with edges that have a black hue. This is the most desired of all the roses. Whether...

Knockout roses are truly a rose to love. The single Knockout Rose you love the Double Knockout Rose puts you on cloud nine. They make your flower garden look like the large gardens of the wealthy...

Black Spot is a fungus that attacks rose bushes. Black Spot spores are spread through water, rain and humidity makes Black Spot worse. Always water your Roses at the bottom of the plant. As the...

Rust can be a dangerous fungus to your rose bushes. Rust looks like red, orange or yellow spots on the under sides of the leaves of your rose bushes that will progress and turn the leaf yellow...

Fresh cut flowers are beautiful, whether they are sent from a florist or grown in your garden. A few easy tips will help them stay beautiful as long as possible.

how to keep roses full and blooming

The only way to get your money's worth when buying cut flowers is to buy **freshly cut** flowers. Roses are particularly popular to buy for a quick gift, or simply to liven up your kitchen table....

Climbing roses grow and stay healthy with someplace to climb. A rose pillar is simple to build with the right materials and a few hand tools and provides a place for the vines to grow as they wind...

With the end of summer approaching, the bloom time of your beautiful abundant knockout roses are nearing to the end. In order to have more beautiful blossoms in the spring, a few necessary care...

Your rosebush is a favorite snack for nearly every common garden pest. Maintaining healthy and pest-free roses can be done easily, without harmful chemicals.

Roses are the flower of love and they are as close to perfection as any plant can be...that is if Black Spot doesn't get them...

Are you wondering how to cut roses? Cutting roses in certain ways help avoid damaging the rose bush as well as encouraging new growth. Learn how you can cut roses the proper way!

Knockout roses are a hybrid rose cultivated in 1999, and have really become a colorful blooming rose in Zone 8, although they grows in Zone 4 and above. This Knockout Rose is Rosaceae Family...

Humming birds will come back for more!! Totally easy to make, the birds love it!

Are you moving to a new house and would like to take your favorite rose bush with you? Or do you want to move the rose to a better location in your flower garden? Either way, there are steps you...

Many people cross roses to develop unique specimens of flowers and sometimes help them grow and bloom better in their region. Crossing roses is not very difficult, but requires some small skill....

There are many creative ways to use all rose types in your garden and landscape. Rose bushes produce a colorful centerpiece in your flower garden or other rose types, such as climbing roses, can...

Roses make great gifts especially if you grow them yourself and they smell great.Here are a few tips I use for trellis roses.

Many times when you order Roses from online nurseries and gardening centers, they are shipped bare root. Bare root just means there is no dirt around the root area. Bare root Roses grow into...

One of the best ways to propagate roses is by transplanting them in their bare root state. Bare-root roses remain stagnant until they are "awakened" through soaking and planting on the ground or...

Rose is probably my favorite flower and although I'm not a very good gardener, I do have some lovely roses. At my last home, I had a beautiful "Double Delight" given to me by relatives....

A tradition that dates back centuries is that of the rose garden. This has been a special place reserved in both formal and informal gardens for growing and enjoying the unique quality of the...

Roses are lovely. Are you up to the challenge of creating your own hybrid? It's not for the faint of heart, and patience is the key. This article will show you how to cross roses, from pollen to...

One of the biggest complaints from rose growers is that their roses suffer winter die back in the stems. This of course affects the amount and quality of rose blooms the following year. By...

This article will help you fertilize your roses. Most important thing to remember when fertilizing is to find a product that works for you, your schedule, and your habits.

In all but the warmest climates, roses need to have a little protection to get them through the winter. How much protection, however, varies with your climate and with the type of roses. Rugosa...

Don't believe the naysayers! You can grow roses organically. Plant wisely and grow with sound organic techniques for beautiful roses every season without chemical fertilizers or pesticides.

A rose is a rose is a rose, until you come face to face with the thousands of different varieties on the market. Choose a rose to please your nose and eyes, but also make sure it suits your...

Potpourri in a decorative container can make a beautiful and fragrant centerpiece, especially if it is made with dried roses. Instead of throwing cut roses out after they begin to wilt, try drying...

Roses are a flattering, and sometimes romantic, way to convey one's feelings to another. Before you run out to buy a dozen, however, you should learn the meanings behind the rose colors. This...

January and February are the best times to buy a rose online, since you can get them bare root, which means they are shipped dormant in a box, biodegradable peat pot, or bag. There is a little...

If you have a favorite rose bush that you would like to clone these directions may work for you. If the rose stock has been grafted onto root stock of another variety, the cloned plant may not be...

There are roses named for famous people and ones with names like Knockout or Midas Touch (a yellow rose). Would you like to have your name on a rose or maybe your loved one's name? It's possible...

Pruning is a necessary part of growing a healthy and beautiful rose bush. Each season, the dead branches and flowers must be cleared out to make room for the next season's growth. Pruning your...

Rooting rosebush cuttings is a great way to create more rose plants and put your "green thumb" to work. The process for starting rose cuttings may take time, patience, and practice, but...

Over the years, roses have been used in formal, informal and cottage gardens. The elements of design can vary, but roses add beautiful colors and scents to any garden.

Roses come in many different colors and varieties. However, if your roses will not open, you don't get to fully enjoy the beauty that these flowers possess. Don't worry, because there are a few...

Roses today are as expensive to buy as adult plants and may not be the kind of rose that for which you're searching. The more popular rose bushes have flowers with more and more petals....

Roses can sometimes be finicky and difficult to grow and they definitely require care. You can not just plant a rose bush and forget about it and expect to get champion roses. However if you pick...

Roses are flowering shrubs of the Rosa genus. About 100 to 150 species exist in the wild, with many thousands of hybrids available for garden use. Roses are the most commercially successful flower...

Deadheading roses removes unsightly spent blooms and prevents the rose bush from putting forth seeds, which encourages the plant to produce new flowers. If done correctly, deadheading roses...

Roses are the ultimate home gardening achievement, the priceless gem of your domestic fauna. But if your rose bushes don’t produce copious volumes of perfumed color, what’s the point of wasting...

There's nothing more beautiful and fragrant than a rose garden. However, like anything worthwhile, roses need work and time spent on them in order for them to thrive. Read on for instructions on...

Uprooting a rosebush can be a challenge. They have very deep roots and a tap root, which usually goes down several feet in larger bushes. This is the only way I have ever been able to uproot a...

Roses are one of the jewels of the garden world. There are so many different varieties of roses and so many different methods that rose growers use to make their roses better than everyone else's....

Your new rose bush has simple but important requirements on where you can plant it, and how to make it grow. The first few months of any new plant's new home is extremely important to the new...