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 ...

Heavier pruning of roses is usually done in late winter or early spring, when the plant is dormant. However, lightly pruning roses in summer is also beneficial to help manage disease, encourage more ...

GET READY FOR ROSES: Plan to prune your repeat-flowering rose bushes over the next three or four weeks. This is particularly important for hybrid teas and grandifloras, but it is a good time to prune ...

When is the best time to trim Confederate rose bushes? I would like to root some of the branches I would cut off. — Jessica Confederate roses (Hibiscus mutabilis) are often killed back by winter ...

The rose revolution began in 1995. German rose breeder Noack Rosen introduced the first flower carpet roses to the market, groundcover "wonder roses" bred to produce up to 2,000 flowers per season and ...

Prune rose of Sharon in late winter or early spring—this avoids disease and protects summer blooms. Pruning shapes the plant, improves airflow, and can rejuvenate older bushes if cut back heavily.

Q: When should I prune my rose bushes? They never really go completely dormant, in that they keep their leaves and occasionally bloom throughout the winter. Although roses sometimes don’t go ...

Pruning will help improve the appearance and blooms of just about any roses. Members of the Kansas City Rose Society used sharp clippers to trim spent roses from the bushes in the summer of 2015 in ...

Around 100 local gardeners got their hands dirty at the Santa Barbara Mission Rose Garden on Saturday to take part in the city’s annual Rose Pruning Day. The four-hour event was hosted by the city’s ...