Rose Gardening 101

Many people want to create a beautiful rose garden, but don’t do it. So what’s stopping them? Well, rose gardening is perceived as a time-consuming endeavor. With the demands of daily life, many people find it hard to find a few extra hours for gardening.
But rose gardening does not have to consume lots of hours [...]

Sometimes we forget that gardening is hard physical labor that needs to be done properly to avoid muscle and back problems.
Master Gardener Marime Burton recently compiled a great list of tips about preventing back injuries.
“We must keep in mind that the most important gardening tool we have is our body. When we begin to hurt, [...]

by LeAnn R. RalphI certainly cannot claim to be an expert on roses — and I cannot claim to have a green thumb — but I’ve got a couple of rose bushes that have been growing in my yard for quite a few years. And here’s what I have learned about roses and how I [...]

In a recent article in the Democrat-Herald (Albany, OR), “Spring garden shopping is here,” Sarah Robertson offered several useful tips on shopping for plants at a local nursery.
Here’s a quick summary of some of her tips:

Bring your notes and a good reference guide.

Narrow your focus: shop for deck, patio, or container plants one day. Come [...]

A recent article in the Huntsville Times titled “Pam Tillis continues to bloom” mentioned that there was a rose named after this popular country music star. According to Tillis: “It’s pinky-peach, disease-resistant, vigorous and a repeat bloomer – just like me.”
I was intrigued and tried to find an online source for this variety. I struck [...]

It only takes a few days in a vase for a lovely bouquet of roses to begin to droop and wilt. Roses usually wilt because they were cut too early or they were out of water too long before being placed in a vase.
If you want your roses to last longer, follow these simple steps [...]