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 ...

Don Kinzler answers questions about the best time to prune a rose bush and cross-pollination. He also gives a reader a recommendation for an evergreen tree that won't grow taller than 25 feet ...

Q: How and when should rose bushes be pruned and winterized? A: What kind of roses do you have? What kind of winter weather ...

I can think of no other shrub that blooms over such a long season or comes in as many colors as roses. When you factor in their wonderful fragrance, it's not surprising that roses are among the most ...

1 Go green: Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day, so wear green as you apply a quarter cup of Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) to each mature rose bush to boost both vigor and flowering capacity. It is ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I need some advice on pruning a climbing rose trained on a wrought iron ...

If you want the most fragrant rose garden possible, there are a few specific cultivars you may wish to select for the biggest ...

Learning to prune roses perfectly is a little like learning how to bake bread. It takes practice but over the years, you figure out how to do it just right. And even when it's not perfect, it's still ...

If you’re already missing the beauty and vibrancy of your flowering summer blooms, there’s a winter rose that will brighten your garden during the colder months but you need to get planting it now ...

DEAR JOAN: I was cleaning up the yard and was trying to pull some previously clipped branches from an overgrown antique rose bush that had gotten about 20 feet off the ground, climbing on another bush ...