Most shrub roses reach about 3 or 4 feet in both height and width, he says. Some varieties, such as Drift, don't grow quite as tall or wide and could even work as a form of ground cover. Stauffers of ...

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Roses are among the oldest flowers in cultivation, although many have earned a reputation as fussy or difficult to grow. Some of the newer shrub rose hybrids, however, are disease-resistant, carefree ...

Mother’s Day is coming, and the flower and candy ads are everywhere. There’s nothing wrong with either, of course, but both are fleeting. Instead of gifting your mom a bouquet of roses this year, why ...

Roses are a highly polarizing plant in the garden community – while many enthusiasts adore their iconic blooms, and won’t hesitate to add another to the garden, other gardeners find them simply too ...

We are well into bare root rose season, which began in January and continues to May. This is a good time to add roses to the landscape: mail order nurseries and garden centers offer lots of rose ...

Roses no longer receive a free pass through the garden gate. Instead of accepting lovely roses despite their many faults, gardeners now expect them to earn their place in the garden. The famous roses ...

For some people, they’re also synonymous with too much work. Gardeners might remember the roses their mothers or grandmothers grew that were prone to diseases, had few blooms and had to be tied up in ...

Winter can be tough on rose plants, and this is especially true when the temperatures are extremely low and the winds are ...