Planting bare root roses and pruning those already in the garden are among the season's first chores. Credit: Francisco Alvarez Bao/Flickr This may seem like a funny time to be talking about roses, ...

Planting bare-root roses in autumn is the secret to beautiful blooms next year. An easy (and cheaper) alternative to potted roses, bare-root roses tend to establish more quickly in the garden, often ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Our previous column included notes on pruning and propagating roses, and beginning a project to add roses, by first identifying sites where roses would grow ...

Wondering what gardening jobs to prioritise in March? This month offers a final window to plant bare-root roses – but it's a fleeting one. Miss the moment and you’ll need to wait until next year. For ...

Happy New Year! My New Year’s wish is for nice, slow, soaking rainfalls to help our new plants establish and our established plants thrive. What’s your garden wish for 2025? Bare root fruit trees, ...

If you have chosen trees, shrubs or perennials you’d like to add to your garden this spring, consider trying to buy them as bare-root plants. “They can cost less, because nobody’s paying to ship heavy ...

When it comes to planting roses, many people may dream about an elaborate backyard garden featuring many varieties of roses. But for some, the only type of garden they can realistically grow is in ...

Q: I recently ordered several bare-root roses from a website I've used before. The website indicated that the roses would be shipped at the "appropriate planting time for my region." (We live in the ...

The best time to plant roses depends on your local climate. In the North, planting roses in the spring while the roses are still dormant is the best time. In the South, where the ground does not ...

I wrote a column on roses and now I am being inundated with offers for them. I am sure it has to do with AI. Why not? Artificial intelligence is all over these days, including in the garden. One ...

Roses are one of the most alluring shrubs, adored for their color and fragrance. Yet, despite their popularity, they do have a reputation for being finicky. They can be fussy when it comes to many ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Our previous column included notes on pruning and propagating roses, and beginning a project to add roses, by first identifying sites where roses would grow ...