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Should I cover my roses in winter?

Follow these steps to winterize your rose garden in the South.
Two new beautiful and easy-to-grow roses — named “Dick Clark” and “Walking on Sunshine” — have been honored as All-America Rose Selections’ best picks for 2011. “They call it the academy award of ...
For those rosarians who like to be the first in the neighborhood to grow the newest roses, here is a peek at the brand-new 2025 roses. They will be in nurseries very, very soon, and these beauties are ...
I can think of no other shrub that blooms over such a long season or comes in as many colors as roses. When you factor in their wonderful fragrance, it's not surprising that roses are among the most ...
The American Garden Rose Selections (AGRS) 2026 winners: • ‘Buttercream Drift,’ introduced by Star Roses and Plants. • ...
Late summer is time to think about pruning roses. Roses respond best to regular pruning each year. We prune our repeat-flowering roses (also called everblooming roses or remontant roses) based on the ...
In late summer it’s time to think about pruning our roses. Roses respond best when they receive two major prunings each year. We prune our repeat-flowering roses, also called everblooming roses or ...
Because of our exceptionally long growing season, we typically cut roses back twice a year in Louisiana. The first pruning is done now in late January to early February, and the second pruning is done ...
I had an interesting conversation with a customer a few weeks ago. She was raving about our hybrid tea roses. She told me she was amazed at the variety of roses that she could make tea from. I ...
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