Thinking Of Prehistoric Flowers – Roses Iris and Crocuses
The common garden flowers “beloved,” according to many garden books, “by our grandmothers,” date beyond our grandmothers to ancestors far too remote to be included in any family tree. We are never going to know who was the... Read More...
How To Make A Hedge of Roses
Looking for a barrier hedge or a screen planting, for a decorative way to divide garden areas, or for colorful plants to define a path or drive? Roses can solve any of these landscape problems. Barrier Hedge Roses Barrier hedge roses produce impenetrable... Read More...
Rosa Virginiana – The Beautiful Native American Rose
Not all of our “Best” ornamentals come from the Orient and this beautiful native American rose is proof of that. A native from Newfoundland to Virginia and westward to Missouri, it will grow almost anywhere if a reasonable amount of... Read More...
Roses From Cuttings
The next time someone gives you a rose, don’t throw it away after the petals have fallen. Stick it in the ground in a shaded spot, cover it with a glass jar and keep it watered. It may reward you with a plant. Propagating roses from cuttings... Read More...
The Potted Patio Rose – Polyantha Roses
Summary: Love roses but only have a small area or you prefer potted roses over those planted in the ground? Learn about the polyantha rose – the potted patio rose – its history and how it may fit in your landscape. The polyantha rose... Read More...
Ways to use Climbing Roses
Summary: Climbing roses are effective where many other plants are not. Some are valuable for covering walls, others are ideal subjects for training on posts. Is there a climbing rose in your garden? If the answer is no, look around. Nearly every... Read More...
Bad Advice – Following Exact Cultural Directions
Summary: Many people follow plant culture instructions without stepping back and asking themselves what is different or the same in their growing environment. Every growing area has its own “micro-climate” of conditions. In most cases... Read More...
How To Grow Winning Roses
One glance at the perfect form, good color, large size, strong stems and healthy foliage at a Rose show is enough to convince many visitors the “this grower” really knows how to grow roses. Truth is each growers method of caring for... Read More...
Moving Rose Plants
Almost every month in the year someone is moving from one home to another, or moving rose plants from one garden to another. Many plants are left behind but many more are killed because they were not moved properly. While there are several lines... Read More...
Roses Floribundas Designed for the Landscape
What my busy family likes most about floribundas is that they are practically as easy to grow and to maintain, in our southern Michigan landscape as common hardy shrubs. (Actually, floribundas are hardy shrubs in every sense of the word.) And who... Read More...
