Don Kinzler answers questions about the best time to prune a rose bush and cross-pollination. He also gives a reader a recommendation for an evergreen tree that won't grow taller than 25 feet ...
George William Curtis Roses have always been a symbol of love, beauty and warm summer days. You may ask me, why are you writing about ...
1 Go green: Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day, so wear green as you apply a quarter cup of Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) to each mature rose bush to boost both vigor and flowering capacity. It is ...
Close-up of pink roses on a bush - Norman Posselt/Getty Images Roses have a reputation for being difficult plants to grow, requiring clever tricks to thrive in gardens. It's true that they're prone to ...
Q. Last year, three rose bushes died suddenly about the same time — all were different ages and healthy until then. I think drainage is the problem because there is a depression on the other side of ...
Roses come in many forms. They can be bushes, upright tea roses or grafted tree roses. A rose can climb, produce long-stemmed blooms for cutting or bear miniature flowers. It can be many-petaled or ...
This is the time of year when garden roses struggle. As temperatures rise, roses stop flowering and the leaf edges turn brown and scorch. The month and week they stop flowering depends on their ...
December through February is the time to plant bare-root in the greater Sacramento region. Many dormant plants come as bare-root, but this article will focus on roses and fruit trees. The primary ...