Prune Your Climbers For Picture Perfect Roses
When I see Climbing Roses and Ramblers in the catalogs, they all look perfect, and I dream of mine being that picture-perfect. I wish pruning a climbing rose was as easy as pruning the other roses in my garden. Alas, the roses we grow to climb and ramble require extra help to get them to […]
Prune Your Roses For Better Spring Blooms
It’s January in Arizona, which means it’s rose pruning time. This annual pruning is designed to provide us with better spring blooms. I don’t mind the work, but I’m not thrilled with the idea of stripping down my roses to their naked canes and looking at the sudden lack of beauty that engulfs my garden. […]
Give Your Roses A Performance Review
Welcome to the holiday season! I know I’m still recovering from Thanksgiving — and I’m still stuffed. Between now and year-end, you and I will have to attend several Christmas parties, and there is the Arizona Rose Societies’ year-end award program. Oh, and sometime this month, I will need to give my roses their Performance […]