A. The best time to prune depends on the type of rose. Leave the main pruning of bush roses until late winter, ideally as ...

Roses are a staple in many gardens, but they need a little bit of care and attention in the autumn months to ensure they ...

Winter is coming, but that doesn't have to spell bad news for your rosebushes. Prepare your roses for snow, ice, and frost by ...

There are two categories of climbing roses: repeat-blooming types and once-blooming types. Although repeat-blooming climbing roses may be pruned later this month or in early February along with repeat ...

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A bee visits a rose. (NOLA.com|The Times-Picayune archive) QUESTION: I need advice on pruning a climbing rose trained on a wrought iron fence. I do not believe I have ever pruned it correctly. Do I ...

Heavier pruning of roses is usually done in late winter or early spring, when the plant is dormant. However, lightly pruning roses in summer is also beneficial to help manage disease, encourage more ...

Close up of coral flowers of floribunda rose 'Coral Lions' Whenever we do a poll of gardeners’ favorite flowers, there is one that always comes in the top three – roses. They can live for decades, but ...

Pruning is an essential aspect of caring for roses. Unlike lower-maintenance shrubs such as hydrangea and forsythia, roses benefit from regular pruning to help keep them tidy and disease-free and ...

While a hard pruning isn't necessary yet, cutting back roses in the fall protects them from winter damage. Here's when and how to prune roses in the fall.

August is the month many of us do this. Exceptions include the old-fashioned roses that flower only once, in spring, on last year’s wood: old wood. Prune them around November, after flowering. Those ...

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 ...