When the first frost of the season descends upon your garden, unprepared roses feel it first. The key to preventing cold damage in roses is knowing when to start preparing them for dormancy and ...

Q: How and when should rose bushes be pruned and winterized? A: What kind of roses do you have? What kind of winter weather do you get? Protecting roses is not too hard to do if you live in an area ...

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 ...

Q: My Iceberg Rose tree has very large branches crossing over one another in the middle. When I prune it this winter, should I cut those out? It hasn’t thrived in a couple of years, but neither have ...

Millions of Brits grow roses in their gardens, and many hope for big, healthy blooms when spring arrives. However, experts warn that winter can cause serious damage if plants are not properly ...

As the winter begins, roses need extra care to get them ready for winter. Hybrid tea roses are most often grafted woody shrubs. Ornamental rose varieties might be grafted on to a hardier rootstock for ...

Purdue Landscape Report: So, what do trees do in the winter? Do they freeze up like unprotected water pipes? Or burst when it gets below freezing? Yes, the below-ground parts of a tree are kept ...

If you’ve ever planted a young tree, you know how much care they need, especially when cold weather rolls in. Winter brings freezing temperatures, harsh winds, and sudden temperature swings that can ...