Growing roses can be a challenge if it's your first time. Our gardening expert breaks down how to get started and reveals ...

Patio roses, less than 50cm height and spread, are for those who want to garden in smaller spaces, including large containers ...

Finding the best shrub roses takes a bit of research. A cross between certain species of roses and modern bush varieties, shrub roses are hardier and larger than traditional bush roses. Most of them ...

Are you sad at the sight of fading blooms at the end of summer? Plant any of these flowering shrubs, and you'll keep your yard colorful well into fall.

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

It's beneficial to keep roses away from large trees and shrubs that can overshadow them and aggressively compete for water ...

As a gardening educator, one of my biggest challenges is to get people to do the right thing at the right time. Take planting roses, for instance. Nurseries generally get in their new roses in January ...

Q: How far back can I cut my 'Knock Out' shrub rose? It got way too tall last year. Also, I want to cut back a 'Diana' rose-of-sharon. It's too big for my perennial border. A: 'Knock Out' roses (my ...

As we near the busy outdoor gardening season, it’s time to stop and smell the roses. As cliché as this sounds, there’s no time like the present to consider adding roses to your landscape. Besides ...

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 ...