Question: My mother-in-law says that you have to prune roses to the ground and cut off all branches. I tried this a couple of years ago and now my roses have turned into “wild” roses. What is going on ...

Please join the San Francisco Rose Society on Sunday, March 8 at 1 pm in the Recreation Room of the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park for a talk on how to graft "scion" roses onto root stock. Our ...

With temperatures already feeling like spring, now is the time to take advantage of the vast selection of “bare-root” plants, specifically roses, in honor of Valentine’s Day. Why buy cut roses that ...

Bare-root roses: an easy and cost-effective alternative for the picky weekend rosarian Everybody loves roses in their garden and for planting you can always visit your local nursery to choose from a ...

While the term “grafting” is widely used among gardeners, a true understanding of grafting and why it is done is not so common. In a nutshell, grafting is a horticultural technique that joins parts ...

“The care and attention a rose gets underground is even more important than the care a rose is given above ground.” — Sam Jones, Master Rosarian Everything we rosarians do in the rose garden is geared ...

Now is the time to buy and plant bare-root roses. For years, my favorite roses have included David Austin types because they are more like the old-fashioned roses with lots of smell and few disease ...

Q: Are bare-root roses OK? I’d like to get started on a new rose garden. How do I deal with the roots? A: Bare-root roses become available in late February and early March, which is the time to plant ...

When I think about my grandmother's garden, I remember rows and rows of glass jars called into service as mini-greenhouses for the rose stems she was coaxing to root in the shady soil between the ...

CORNISH FLAT, N.H. Roses have a certain mystique. Guys proposing marriage or trying to get out of the dog house traditionally buy roses. For me, long stem roses, which are expensive and generally ...