July 8 -- For the brown thumbs out there who have had trouble growing tea hybrid roses, there is a new, tougher type of rose. Traditionally, tea hybrid roses are very difficult to grow. But the Love ...

Climbing roses are a charming, romantic addition to any outdoor space. Whether you're designing and planting the perfect cottage garden or you simply want to cover up a dull corner of your yard, these ...

Everyone loves a rose, and you don't have to be a green-fingered expert to enjoy their beautiful blooms in your garden. Whether climbing, miniature, or something in between, there's a variety for ...

Rose of Sharon is a shrub or small tree that blooms with abandon from midsummer until frost. Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Learning how to prune a rose bush can seem like a daunting landscaping chore, but with the right ...

THIS YEAR HAS been just spectacular for roses! My very first job in the greenhouse, at age 4, was tending the 3,200 blooming rose bushes. Weekly deadheading and disbudding will not only give you a ...

Q: This year and last on our Rose of Sharon bush there have been a considerable amount of blooms that never fully open. They turn yellow and drop. — Harry DeNegre, email A: In my experience, two ...

Nita-Jo Rountree believes we are all born loving roses. How else to explain their popularity for more than 5,000 years? Unfortunately, growing a healthy rose in the Pacific Northwest is no easy feat, ...

With proper care, hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas, climbing roses, miniatures and shrub roses will all grow well in Colorado. Planting: There are a few basics that apply to all types of roses.

"Fragrance is the rightful heritage of the Rose, and it is what we consciously or unconsciously expect of it," writes Louise Beebe Wilder in The Fragrant Path. Yet fragrance seems to be the first ...

Clear plastic shoeboxes make for suitable rooting cases. Learn how to grow a rose from a cutting and a slip using the hardwood or softwood propagation technique. Roses are surprisingly easy to root. I ...

Do the leaves of your roses turn whitish and puckered? Perhaps your beautiful buds or even the flowers succumb to alien powder? These are symptoms of one of the most vexing diseases of roses, which is ...