If you know exactly when to fertilize roses and get the job done at the right time, you will certainly reap the rewards: a show of bigger, better blooms, and healthier plants in the long run. As a ...

Fertilize roses starting in early to mid‑spring, once frost danger has passed and growth reaches ~6 inches. Continue feeding throughout the growing season—after each bloom cycle—with gradually reduced ...

Key Points In the fall, clean up roses, add mulch around the plants, and water during especially long dry spells.Do not ...

My therapist at the Towers in Ashland asked me about why her roses were losing all of her leaves and most of the blooms on her roses in June of last year. She said to me, "Eric, I have lost so much of ...

The fertilizer industry inundates us with long lists of countless “must-use” products for roses. The accompanying directions call for dizzyingly frequent applications that cost a lot and take a major ...

Propagating roses from cuttings in late spring or early summer lets you easily grow more blooms for your garden. Choose ...

When it comes to our rose gardens, many rosarians can relate to the motto “Go big or go home!” After all, we grow roses for their blooms, and we expect those blooms to be large, lustrous and abundant.

Banana peels add organic matter to the soil, but they don't provide enough nutrients for growing roses. Blood meal, fish emulsion, and bone meal are more ideal fertilizers for all kinds of roses.

Once your lily blooms have faded, you should cut off the faded flower, but don’t cut the tall stem with the foliage. Lilies need the green leaves on that stem to make food for next year’s lily blooms.

Deadheading roses encourages the plant to produce more blooms, which prolongs the flowering period and promotes a cleaner appearance. How you deadhead roses will depend on the variety you're growing.

To grow roses in Western Washington, you need to respect the needs of America’s favorite flower. The Olympian The second week of June can be called the “Days of Whine and Roses,” as gardeners whine ...