We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Yearly gardening tasks help you stay in touch with the rhythm of the seasons while caring for your plants, and pruning your rose bushes is one ...

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.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Pruning serves a greater purpose than just shaping or tidying up your rose bush. It is important for ...

You'll need by-pass shears, a pruning saw for any difficult-to-cut canes and a pair of heavy, preferably leather, gloves to protect yourself from the thorns. The Houston Rose Society recommends ...

Many gardeners say you should wait until the end of winter to prune your rose bushes, but a light cut in the fall can help prepare the plants for cold weather.

In late summer it’s time to think about pruning our roses. Roses respond best when they receive two major prunings each year. We prune our repeat-flowering roses, also called everblooming roses or ...

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 ...

Throughout much of the year, gardeners know to deadhead, or remove dead flowers, to keep their roses blooming longer. But in late fall, Master Gardener Anne Skinner says to let them go to seed, which ...

If you want vibrant blooms all year round, find out from the experts if you should prune roses this season and how.

This is a good time to prune bush roses. Do it on a pleasant day without having to do something else '“ you know how easy it is to be diverted to other jobs. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...