Both beauty and beast, the 'Mermaid' rose produces creamy-yellow, fragrant blooms on wickedly thorny long canes that can snatch you off your riding mower. "She's a mean rose," said Mike Shoup, an ...

If you love roses and are looking for a vertical accent for your garden, try climbing roses. The best climbing roses have all the attributes of rose bushes, but their gorgeous blooms and accompanying ...

Roses aren't only meant to be grown in soil in your yard. Here is how to decide whether to plant them in-ground or in ...

Close-up of pink roses on a bush - Norman Posselt/Getty Images Roses have a reputation for being difficult plants to grow, requiring clever tricks to thrive in gardens. It's true that they're prone to ...

“If you don’t know where you are going, you are going to end up somewhere else.” This sage adage, credited to Yogi Berra, pinpoints the importance of planning. If you are a novice gardener and you ...

Roses are an iconic symbol of love and romance, making a popular Valentine’s Day gift for spouses and significant others. More cut roses are sold than all other cut flowers combined in the United ...

For many gardeners, a rose is a rose. But before you plant one, you need to delve a little deeper. There are several categories of roses, and within each one, there are numerous cultivars. Now is an ...

The spring garden is a place of delight. Lush green leaves, productive new canes, fresh blooms and emerging rose buds are each an uplifting cause of celebration. When we look, we also encounter blind ...

I love roses but avoided planting any for a long time. They had a reputation for being fussy. I thought they would attract Japanese beetles, carry black spot and other diseases. In recent years, I ...

Katy Banks can trace her flourishing Arlington, Virginia garden of over 400 rosebushes back to a single bucket of blooms that ...

Many people keep their roses to themselves. True, they may sport a few in front to add to the curb appeal of their homes. But the serious collections are hidden behind walls and fences. Not so with a ...

DULUTH, Minn. (WCCO) -- Summer is officially in bloom, and that means flowers of all kinds are catching our attention. There's no better example of that than the rose garden at Leif Erickson Park in ...