“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 among the oldest flowers in cultivation, although many have earned a reputation as fussy or difficult to grow. Some of the newer shrub rose hybrids, however, are disease-resistant, carefree ...

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 ...

What Are the Best Types of Roses to Grow? Roses generally are grouped based on their growth habit and flower form. You may see the words heritage, antique, heirloom or Old Garden roses in descriptions ...

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 ...

The Greek poetess Sappho crowned the rose the “Queen of Flowers.” Rosarians wholeheartedly agree with her, because roses light up and illuminate the garden. When planted with a “court” of compatible ...

There really is nothing quite like the scent of roses drifting through the air on a warm summer's day, especially when it's coming from your own garden. So if you're tempted to add more roses to your ...

The rose is our national floral emblem. This award was given by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1986. It’s time to prune ...

A vigorous and easy-to-care-for shrub rose is Sunny Knock Out (Rosa hybrid 'Radsunny'). The Sunny Knock Out rose is a small- to medium-sized rose, with a strong, rounded growth habit. The leaves are ...

Although it's chilly and frosty, January is a great month to get on with pruning certain plants, according to an expert.

Kick rose season off as soon as possible by growing the beautiful early-flowering forms, many of which benefit wildlife ...

Roses are redolent of summer, but for them to perform their best at this time, knowing when to prune your roses is essential. But pruning is not without its perils, and the biggest mishap that will ...