Plant bare-root stock as soon as possible after the purchase. Before planting, check roots. If dry, soak in water for an hour or until moist. If necessary, prune before planting. Remove any damaged or ...

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 ...

When it comes to gardening, we can count on Martha Stewart to always provide us with sound advice and fantastic tips, and this stands true for bare-root roses. The gardening expert recently shared a ...

This is a busy month for the rose gardener. One of the most exciting activities is the selection of new roses for the garden. Choosing the right rose involves picking the color, fragrance and bloom ...

WEBVTT AS QUICK AS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. LET'S HEAD TO "GROW IT GREEN." RAY: WELCOME TO TODAY'S "GROW IT GREEN." I'M JOINED BY MARGARET HAGEN FROM THE UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. MARGARET ...

I see bare-root roses in nurseries. Do you have suggestions of what to buy and planting instructions? — Joanne F., Arroyo Grande This is a good time of year to buy dormant roses, sold as bare root.

For Mother’s Day I was sent a bare-root rose bush. I put it into water in a pail. A week later I planted it. Now the thorns are all black and the buds are getting dried up. I have been watering it ...

Thinking about taking a break from gardening during our shortest daylight hours? Think again. January is the ideal time to acquire new bare root deciduous trees, shrubs, roses, perennials and a host ...

It is finally time to get the new gardening season started. Spring will be here before we know it and it’s good to be ahead of the game instead of playing catch-up for the rest of the year. While ...

There they sit. Your dreams of a glorious rose garden resting on a few thorny sticks – pruned, leafless, severed at the roots and packed in wet sand or worse, a cardboard box. Here we are at the ...

with the big fireworks display at Waterfront Park. Are you ready? The roses aren't -- unless we get some amazing weather. I don't have high hopes for that. The forecast is, however, conducive to ...