While roses have developed a reputation for being “difficult” to grow over the years, there are a number of rose varieties that require no, or minimal care.  Below are a few roses that make it easy for the beginning gardener to grow beautiful roses. Eglantine Rose (Rosa Rubiginosa) – The Wild Rose Wild roses are [...]

There are a number of reasons that a gardener might think about transplanting roses.  It may be that the plant needs more sunlight than the current area provides, or it may be that you have other plans for the space the rose is currently in.  Regardless of the reason, there are a few basics you [...]

More and more, rose gardeners are turning to organic rose gardening.  As roses were grown successfully long before the first commercial fertilizer was invented, it does not take chemicals to product beautiful rose blooms or healthy plants.  The benefit of an organic garden is that the longevity of your rose plants is actually  increase and [...]

What would a rose garden be without at least one climbing rose thrown into the mix.  Climbing roses are known by several different names depending on how they grow including:  pillars, ramblers, trailing roses, and everblooming roses.  They are not considered true vines; however, they are the perfect adornment to any arch, fence, or other [...]

There is something special about seeing vast banks of roses in a garden, even single specimen plants add interest.  However, many rose lovers shy away from growing roses themselves because they think rose bushes are hard to care for.  While this can be true if basic principles for caring for roses aren’t followed, if you [...]

There are very few, if any more beautiful flowers than the rose . . . or more popular.  Evidence of roses have been found in the oldest civilizations.  Found in practically every country, they have been cultivated for thousands of years.   Over those years, many types of rose bush care have been developed. Growing Rose [...]