August Rose Gardening 101 Archives

Rose gardening calendar - Winter

Winter is a time of rest and purification for your rose garden, but it can be a time of disaster as well if you fail to take the proper precautions…

Tips on cutting roses for display

What could possibly smell or look better than a vase of beautiful rose blooms on your table or the table of someone you love…

Tips for Exhibiting Roses

Now that you finally have a rose garden that you can be proud of, it’s time to take the next step and let others judge the beauty of your roses…

Miniature Roses: Perfact Accent Flowers

Whether you’re planting miniature roses indoors or out, they are very easy to grow…

Rose Classification

Although there is no one set of “official” classification system of roses, there are many different popular rose classification schemes that are employed throughout the world…

Floribunda Roses: For All-Season Blooms

The name ‘Floribunda’ is of Latin origin and means "many flowered" or "abundance of flowers" and this variety of rose certainly lives up to its name…

Climbing Roses: For Drama and Beauty

Colorful climbing roses can add a dramatic effect to your home…

Hybrid Tea Roses: The Definition of Classic Elegance

A modern rose, the Hybrid Tea Rose is the result of two old timers getting together: the Hybrid Perpetual and the Tea Rose…

Old Garden Roses: Antique and Aristocratic

Old Garden Roses are any of the rose varieties that were recognized and celebrated prior to 1867, the year in which the first modern flower was introduced…

Shrub Roses: Versatile and Low Maintenance

The name, Shrub Rose, is somewhat confusing because a rose, any rose in fact, is actually a shrub…

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