Both beauty and beast, the 'Mermaid' rose produces creamy-yellow, fragrant blooms on wickedly thorny long canes that can snatch you off your riding mower. "She's a mean rose," said Mike Shoup, an ...

Timing your pruning just right can help your roses thrive and bloom for longer - but when is best to give them the chop?

“If you don’t know where you are going, you are going to end up somewhere else.” This sage adage, credited to Yogi Berra, pinpoints the importance of planning. If you are a novice gardener and you ...

Over the last few centuries, roses have captivated gardeners worldwide due to their natural beauty and charm. Because of their strong scents and deep symbolism, these flowers are commonly used for ...

Ramblers have clusters of smaller flowers just once in the middle of summer. According to Monty, these need little pruning ...

For many gardeners, a rose is a rose. But before you plant one, you need to delve a little deeper. There are several categories of roses, and within each one, there are numerous cultivars. Now is an ...

If your roses are looking a little lackluster, you might not need to visit the garden center to give them a boost. A common kitchen staple, used coffee grounds, can offer surprising benefits when used ...

Roses are an iconic symbol of love and romance, making a popular Valentine’s Day gift for spouses and significant others. More cut roses are sold than all other cut flowers combined in the United ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Our previous column included notes on pruning and propagating roses, and beginning a project to add roses, by first identifying sites where roses would grow ...

We are well into bare root rose season, which began in January and continues to May. This is a good time to add roses to the landscape: mail order nurseries and garden centers offer lots of rose ...

Roses are the flowers of romance, and can grow well in Iowa with relatively little maintenance. Learn which roses are hardy and disease resistant for your Iowa garden. Roses have been loved by many ...