
How to Plant, Grow, and Prune Roses
The tart reddish-orange hips of rugosa roses are used for jams, jellies, syrups, pies, teas, and wine. Check out our Rose Hip Jam recipe.
Rose petals are edible and can be tossed into salads for color, candied to decorate cakes, or distilled to make rose water. Make sure the rose petals are pesticide free.
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Please tell me how to preserve my bouquet of yellow roses I got over the weekend.. I was told to drop an aspirin in the water
Hi Martha, Thanks for your question. We certainly understand why you want to keep that bouquet of yellow roses looking beautiful for as long as possible. One thing you will want to do is give your roses fresh water after 4 or 5 days. Wash out the vase, rinse off the stems of any slimy residue, and give them a fresh cut at the bottom to allow for better water intake. You can also add more flower food if you have it. Another way to preserve your arrangement is to keep it cool at nightâthe refrigerator works great. Roses love cool, humid temperatures, so keep them away from direct heat or drafts, which will dry out your flowers.
About 14 years ago we planted two roses, one on each side of a large Pergo archway. Over the years they have grown to the top of the structure, Last year one of them produces a branch from the base of the plant and it produced red flowers. Kind of strange as it has always produced a cream/pink flower. This year there are even more red flowers. Could this be from some lone sleeping plant DNA? I don't know, however it is quite pretty.
The red-flowering branch just has to be from the rootstock that your rose (which you bought) was grafted onto. It is most likely Dr. Huey.
I started getting my roses ready for summer,but I notices some of the stems were of a rusty tin brown color. I looked in most of my rose books and can not find anything that will help me out in that area. I live in Colorado so I usually start about now. to get my flowers ready. But could you possible tell me what might be wrong with them. They have been with me since 2015 and this is the first time I have ever seen them like this.
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