Rose Gardening 101

A reader wrote recently about seeing Flower Carpet roses for the first time: Years ago, I rounded a corner of highway and was faced with a breathtaking sight. Stretching for nearly a mile along the side of the road was a blanket of pink, hardy roses. Full, ruffled blossoms spread along the ground, over stones [...]

If you’re contemplating a landscaping addition that’s almost totally hassle-free, requires few pesticides if any, and still blooms with perhaps the prettiest ‘wild’ flowers in the world, then wild roses are your natural choice. There are approximately 100 species of natural roses found in the world that botanists refer to as ‘Species Roses’, and wild [...]

Most roses will grow just about anywhere and in any type of climate. However, some roses do not function well in very cold climates, but will grow just as well in any other. Hybrid Teas (a favorite of many rose-lovers) are not cold climate roses. They must be grown in a warmer climate like Florida. They simply don’t have [...]

After you get a sense of the type of roses that you would like to plant, you will naturally want to know which type of roses best fit your ideas for planting. There are too many to list here, but I can list some of them for you. You should consult your nearest garden center [...]