Timing your pruning just right can help your roses thrive and bloom for longer - but when is best to give them the chop?

As we enter the waning days of summer, many of our plants are just plain tired after enduring months of heat — and they’re showing it. Roses are no exception. They tend to get a bit leggy and ...

Pruning climbing roses is very different from pruning bush roses. For one thing, we rarely cut them back hard the way we do bush roses. That would defeat the purpose of planting a climbing rose — to ...

Local volunteers play a vital role in caring for the more than 1,500 rose bushes in the park. Their efforts during the January pruning event ensure that the garden is ready for mulching and feeding as ...

Hey gardeners! Valentine’s day is close at hand…and so is spring! The weather has moderated a bit and become a little more spring-like and who knows, maybe our final round of cold weather has passed.

The rose has once again been voted the world’s favorite flower, and not just for Valetine’s Day bouquets. Rose bushes are an unmatched feature in landscapes and perennial flowerbeds, and with the ...

Pruning rose bushes is a process that intimidates many otherwise confident gardeners. The problem arises, I think, from the kind of advice that is commonly offered by rose enthusiasts, "rosarians." ...

The middle of February is a busy time in the gardening world as it tells us it’s time to plant broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cilantro, collards, kale, mustard, onions, parsley, potatoes, spinach, Swiss ...

The Humboldt Rose Society hosted a timely rose pruning class at the Humboldt Botanical Garden today. For the Humboldt County area, mid-February is toward the end of the ideal window to prune roses.

Snip your way to a successful gardening season.