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 well and then selecting the rose category ...
Our exceptionally long growing season means we typically cut repeat-flowering roses back twice a year. The first pruning is done anytime from late January to mid-February, and the second in late ...
The rose is one of the oldest flowers in cultivation and is still considered one of the most popular garden flowers today. The flower is so popular that in 1986, Congress named the rose our national ...
The rose is the most deeply ingrained flower in human history and human culture. It has been immortalized and integrated into music, festivals, poetry and even wars. It has been used as a symbol of ...
I have learned so much from my rose garden through the years. I have learned about roses, the insects in my garden and the value of companion planting. Interestingly, rose gardens and life teach us ...
History tells us that before making love, wealthy Romans carpeted their chambers with rose petals to create a soft, fragrant bed. As bodies heated up, oils in the crushed petals were released ...
• A new pink rose was discovered in the Malibu garden of singer-actor-director Barbra Streisand. • Streisand and her gardener, master rosarian Dan Bifano, spotted the bubble-gum-pink “sport” blooming ...