Rose Gardening
In most cases it is extremely easy and I should know because I’m both a lazy gardener and one who likes to experiment with growing plants such as roses. I also wrote two rose books and have an internet site with many rose articles uploaded (but I'd rather be growing and smelling them than writing about them) :-)
I note that like all kinds of gardening, you can make it more complicated and difficult than it really is. You can even become a rose expert – able to discuss parentage of rose breeding and chromosome counts – but I’m not. All I do is grow roses successfully and easily. No fuss and no muss.
How I plant roses
Here's how to feed roses
Here's how to prune roses for more flowers.
How to plant bareroot roses
Climbing Roses
Here’s some hardy climbing roses as well as instructions for growing tender forms.
Rose Disease Prevention and Cure
Rose gardening diseases and prevention
Black spot.
I don’t usually have problems with my roses but hey, here’s a place to ask questions in case you do.
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Transplanting roses late in season I would like to move a rose bush and it has already started to leaf out. It is the middle of May and I don't want to kill it. Can I do that if I water ...
Yellowing of Rose Leaves Believe new rose still in 3 gal container was stressed by the lack of water - would this cause the leaves to turn yellow? Much of the very full bush has ...
black spot My rose bush has black spot, all over! If i try to remove only the affected leaves, I'd be removing them all! Should i cut the bush down to the ground ...
Did not protect knock out rose bushes this winter I have knockout roses (many) set in flower beds around house. I live in NE Texas above Tyler. I did not protect roses as I though would be mild winter ...
splitting roses?
can you split roses at the roots to make 2 plants?
Doug says that if the rose is on it's own roots - and throwing lots of suckers, then yes you can ...
Roses won't bloom My roses have white spots on the leaves and they won't bloom, only bud. I've just moved into the house, so I'm not sure of the kind, but they look longstem ...
planting a potted rose Just read your advice on planting rose bush in peat container. The only instruction from the independent seller was to leave the shrub rose in the pot....
Sick Rose
What disease does my rose have? I'm guessing black spot but what is the other problem; rust?
Doug says he can only see black spot on the center of ...
potted rose bushes Should you try to grow roses in pots? No access to good sun in the ground, so contemplating putting roses- my favorite flower- in pots on the patio. Gets ...
Rose buds do not open. Small bug inside. I have a pretty purple rose that has the most magnificent smell but The buds do not totally mature. The buds open a little bit and then turn dark and ...
climber flowering problem- Iceberg rose Climber roughly 8 years old - facing north on brick wall; plant looks really healty; have fed plant with liquid seaweed and rose food in spring; Problem ...
My Rose color is been changed
Hi,
One month back I have bought one rose plant. It is about 1.5 ft tall and had small sized Purple flower. I kept it with a bigger rose plant in a ...
Grandiflora Roses
Hello,
I need a few questions answered that I can't find on the Internet, they are as follows: How soon do Grandiflora roses bloom? Are they annual or ...
