Ready to plant and grow roses in your garden? Our Growing Guide for Roses will get you started—with advice on how to take care of roses and prune roses, too. We also share our recommendations on the best types of roses to grow, as well as tips on controlling rose pests such as Japanese beetles.
Rose bushes come in a variety of forms, from climbing roses to miniature rose plants, blooming mainly in early summer and fall. One way to group roses into classes is according to their date of introduction:
- Old roses—also called “old-fashioned roses” and “heirloom roses”—are those introduced prior to 1867. These are the lush, invariably fragrant roses found in old masters’ paintings. There are hundreds of old rose varieties—whose hardiness varies—providing choices for both warm and mild climates.
- Modern hybrid roses, introduced after 1867, are sturdy, long-blooming, extremely hardy and disease-resistant, and bred for color, shape, size, and fragrance. The hybrid tea roses, with one large flower on a long cutting stem, are one of the most popular hybrids.
- Species, or wild roses, are those that have been growing wild for many thousands of years. These wild roses have been adapted to modern gardens and usually bloom from spring to early summer. Most species roses have single blossoms.
Choosing from all the possibilities can be a daunting task. Take your time and wander through nurseries to enjoy the beauty of roses!
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we just planted a rose bed
we just planted a rose bed with both climbing and tea roses and added pachysandra as a ground cover. is this OK or should we have gone with just mulch?
Keep an eye on the
Keep an eye on the pachysandra. It can be invasive. Also, packysandra likes shade and roses like Sun so they may not be great companions. We'd stick with mulch. However, if you do want a ground cover for your roses, consider thyme.
Hi... im from
Hi... im from Colombo,Srilanka... i have 11 pots of rose plants... including miniature rose.... one of my miniature rose plant growing 30 cm height... its yellow.... and sum buds getting slightly brown... but its blooming... and i hav another miniature rose plant.... its 6 inches hight... it has few leaves... but its blooming every week.... can u give me solutions for plants..? Specially im living third floor of a building and its the last floor and a belcony ... i kept my pots in dat belcony
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Hiii...I bought pot rose
Hiii...I bought pot rose plant during april though it didnt had blossoms but new leaves came out of it but now during early june it had shed all his leaves...I water them regulary and give them around 6 hours or more of sunlight,I live in kolkata and rains had started here....please suggest me some way that plant can regian its leaves..stem is green yet
The rose may have been
The rose may have been overwatered. Make sure that the pots drain well and bring them into a protected area so that they don't get too much rain.
My rose plants gives the
My rose plants gives the roses...but they are growing very small in size..comparing to the starting roses we had when it has been purchased.
How many days once I use
How many days once I use compost on my pot rose.
When you deadhead a bloom, do
When you deadhead a bloom, do you cut right below the bloom or the stem it is on?
Hi Bobbie, Prune back to a
Hi Bobbie,
Prune back to a leaf with five leaflets below the faded bloom. Cut at an angle, just above the leaf. If you want larger blooms cut the stem a bit lower on the bush. With larger blooms you'll get fewer flowers.
Hi I live in Colorado this
Hi I live in Colorado this year in April we had a warm spell that got my rose plant waking up and growing. The first week in May we got 8 inches of heavy snow and it got really cold for a week or two. My rose plant now has droopy stems that have soft thorns and the stems seem to be turning reddish brown. Should I prune these off? I also just recently transplanted the rose plant becuase we built up the flower bed 12 inches. I've made sure it has gotten lots of water. I know it must be in shock,that's why I was wondering about pruning the already droopy stems if it would help it or make it worse. Thank you for your time.
Cn u cover your plants A
Cn u cover your plants
A small shed, over the plants
I planted Kennedy hybrid
I planted Kennedy hybrid bushes in my yard about a month ago. They are starting to bloom but only a couple. What can I do to encourage new and more blooms? Also what do I do to protect them in winter? I live in WV. I've planted them in soil and compost and have wood mulch around them.
we have just planted three
we have just planted three rose bushes for my parents and they are having problems with ants getting onto them and they are eating them what can we put on or around them so they wont get on them and kill them please help
Ants usually don't harm
Ants usually don't harm roses. The ants are attracted to the roses by aphids. Check the leaves and stems for aphids. If you have aphids you can try to wash them off with a spray of cold water from the hose. Or you can wash the plants with insecticidal soups or spray with horticultural oils.
I just purchased and planted
I just purchased and planted two 1.75 gallon roses. Princess de Monaco Rose hybrid Tea. One had six buds and the other had 2 buds when they were planted. They have been planted for a week and those buds are opening. Can I or should I be cutting them or do I need to wait for them to be established before I start cutting them? Do I need to cut them once they are done blooming. Sorry for all the questions I am very new to this.
Just cut off the blooms after
Just cut off the blooms after they have faded. This will promote more buds to develop. There is no need to prune the bushes this year. See our pruning advice above.
I just planted 2 rose bushes
I just planted 2 rose bushes that I got from my son on Mother's Day. I live in Wisconsin and the forecast says we could have some frost tonight and possibly tomorrow night. Should I cover them, because I leave for work at about 4:15AM. They would be covered until I get home after 2 PM
I bought a rose plant n a pot
I bought a rose plant n a pot .i am living in U.A.E.the climate here is very hot nd sunny here at temp of 40degree now.i kept rose plant n ma balcony.its slight sunny at 6am to 9am.but its so hummidity outside..so will u help me what all i want to do to care ma rose plant..the other thing is the rose flower is not seem to be smell..only slight odour..whot to do to get odour to the flower
Roses
I have just bought 4 rose plants from uk to India . Before I flew I had cut back all leaves and large roots to pack them in moist tissue and planted them
In pots within 3 days. It's now 30 days and all of them look dead. What shall I do . Have j lost them
My grandmothers rose bush was
My grandmothers rose bush was transplanted into our garden and grew for 21 years. Poison Ivy grows at the base of the rose bush now, and the rose bush appears dead. Is there anything we can do to save it? Can we dig up the bush and save the roots and try to grow it in water temporarily until we dig the Poison Ivy out and try to regrow our grandmothers bush? Some of the stems look prickly and hairy, and they are all dry and brown. No blooms, no leaves.
Thank you, any help were grateful for?
Hi Natalia, You can dig up
Hi Natalia,
You can dig up the rose bush and see if you can find any sign of life. Remove all the brown dead branches and stems. If you find a branch that has some green in it there is hope. Spray the roots with water to remove the soil and cut off all the dead roots. Replant the rose in a new location and give it water and some rose food.
I live in the desert sw where
I live in the desert sw where the soil is very poor and it rains very little so pots are the answer for my roses. Have read that Baer Rose products are great but 'do not use on plants in pots'. Can you explain? Also experiencing yellow leaves but only on plant in pot with saucer..is that the cause.
So when I replanted my rose a
So when I replanted my rose a lot of the dirt fell off the roots I pushed it back together then today it was droppy is it in shock or dead?
Let's hope it's transplant
Let's hope it's transplant shock which is normal.
--Give them lots of water, but not soggy.
--Cut their buds off just below the bud. They need to conserve energy.
--Don't give them any more fertilizer for a while.
I have time bushes that have
I have time bushes that have black spots on the leaves and the leaves die and fall off. What is this and what do I do to stop it?
Hi, Eddie, "Black spot" is a
Hi, Eddie, "Black spot" is a very common affliction of roses, especially hybrid teas. Control is usually with a fungicide (the problem is a fungus), and must be applied every 10 days or more often if it rains between applications.
Temps of 85°F and above inhibit it—something that you can not do much about in most cases. The plants should be in sun to take advantage of every ray.
Rake and clear the ground under the roses every spring. Prune and discard infected canes. Avoid wetting/watering the leaves on cloudy days. If at all possible, plant disease-resistant varieties. We hope this helps.
How will wood ashes in the
How will wood ashes in the soil affect a rose bush? Everything in town is in bloom but my rosebush still looks like its dead. Could it just be dormant for some reason? It is in full sun all day and has not bloomed since we moved here last summer. It was already there but had no blooms and was probably not cared for at all. I have cut it back some and started to water it. Is there any chance it is still alive?
It's recommended to add 1/2
It's recommended to add 1/2 to 1 pound of wood ash per year per rose bush. It's important to spread the ash evenly on the soil around the plant and then rake it into the soil lightly. Piles of ash will leach excessive salt into the soil around the plant and can damage the roots. If your rose doesn't have any leaves it may be dead. Cut a branch off to see if there is any green on the inside.
A friend of mines told me she
A friend of mines told me she puts banana peels around her rose bushes, and the grow like crazy, is this a myth, or truth.
Truth! Roses love rich soil
Truth! Roses love rich soil with great organic amendments. They really thrive on banana peels and coffee, as well as ground alfalfa meal.
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