The why's, when's, what's & how to's on pruning!
Roses need to be pruned for two reasons: 1. to take out old and diseased wood which will encourage new flowering shoots to grow & 2. ...
Dead Heading
As it's summer and our rose bushes are flowering in abundance, we need to dead-head them regularly. This will encourage new flowering...
A Little History On The Rose
According to fossil evidence, it is suggested that roses are 35 million years old and were cultivated for gardens about 5,000 years ago...
Roses by George Eliot
You love the roses - so do I. I wish the sky would rain down roses, as they rain from off the shaken bush. Why will it not? Then all the...
Definition of a Rose
rose – n., any prickly bush or shrub of the genus Rosa (family Rosaceae), bearing usu. fragrant flowers generally of a red, pink, yellow,...