Best Rose Plants

Mom would inhale the rose's scent as she brought it into the house, saying how much she loved the smell and beauty of itSometimes there was only one rose blossom the entire summer.

Without a little guidance from seasoned veterans, they often choose seeds and plants that are more challenging than their budding skills can handle. The War of the Roses (1455-1487) for the throne of England, pitted the 'white rose factions' and 'red...

It's silent and invisible, with superpowers that overwhelm any rose it infects. Until the last decade or so, rose rosette was not a disease that many gardeners were familiar with. It is deadly for species and cultivated roses.

In Walter Lewis [18] notes the prevalance of white coloured petals over light pinks or rose pink in his description of the species.(HMF) Dwarf rose, Little Woods Rose, grows only 20 to 40 inches in height.

Roses should be sprayed in the morning so the soap will dry completely. Hard water is not effective with insecticidal soaps, which must be used with soft or distilled water. If the soap does not evaporate quickly enough, there is a risk of the soap burning...

Remove all damaged limbs or sections of the plant damaged by cold temperatures.Knock Out Roses eventually shed their wilted blooms, but some gardeners prefer to snip those away promptly at mid-season for aesthetic reasons.

Read on for the safest way to kill rose bugs without the pesticides in the air around your home.Put 1 tsp. Of soap into a spray bottle filled with water.Spray mixture directly on the plants with and without the bugs.

If the soil cracks around the stem move it gently into the crack to firm it up.Spray inside the bag and re-inflate it each time you open it.Begin opening the bag (one inch for three hours the first day) when you see two or three new leaflets, growth at...

Most plants are divided into two major categories, monocots and dicots. Both types of plants are leafy and flowering, with stems, root systems and reproduction via pollen. Other dicot examples include grapevines, daisies, cacti and most fruit trees.

Many of them are known as climbers, and some can attain heights of more than 20 feet!When I began collecting roses, the Noisettes appealed to me because they are so fragrant. Champney was trying to get a fragrant rose that bloomed repeatedly.

Add the floral preservative that comes with the flower to the water, following the directions on the package.Keep the corsage or bouquet in the florist box until you are ready to wear it.

These varieties of roses include wild roses, hybrid rugosa roses and hybrid musk roses. These varieties grow between 2 and 6 feet tall. Shrub roses are commonly used for hedges, ground covers and screens.Climbing roses produce canes that are 15 to 20...

Its hard to plan your garden around a bloom. The Earthkind program was started by Dr. Steven W. But its a great placed to start if you have been jaded by fussy, less-hardy roses. From here you can branch out to other roses that will also do well in your...

There is a plethora of other choices. Try 'Harm Saville' (2004, Carruth) or, brand new for this year, 'Power Point' (2008, Benardella).The next class is the shrubs, easy to grow and generally hardy, thay are often your solution for a hedge or other landscaping.

It has no scent to speak of (very mild), but blooms all summer with very little care. This plant is hardy to zone 4 and will grow to be about 5' by 5'.Another hybrid tea... At any given time there were 20 blossoms on this floribunda in shades of pink...

Her love of her roses comes through in her photos. These 3 photos are Jeanne's with her kind permission.I will close with the 'Disneyland Rose' (Zary/Walden, 2004). There are pink and red roses as well as others you might enjoy.

You can see in the photo below that one of those roses was a fairly typical pink cabbage rose, the other a more unusual dusky type.Somebody told her that the latter was called the coffee rose.Although its flowers are certainly dark, they are more maroon...

Feel free to post your favs in the comments section below. It is hardy to zone 5.I had heard so much, both good and bad, about the English roses of David Austin, that I had to try some.

The strong, fruity, clove-like fragrance and excellent disease resistance sold me on this one. Another of the purples with that spicy clove fragrance, this one is a season-long rebloomer.

They are high in Vitamin C and antioxidants and many gardeners love to use them in teas, marmalades and oils. Rose hips, or rose haws are the fruit that forms from a pollinated rose.

He is too busy chasing leaves and eating bugs. There is no cure; it just gets worse and worse. Horsie was invaluable in the summer, as he reminded me to take a break when it was hot.I find comfort in plants--especially my roses.

You can also mix agricultural lime or wood ash into the soil around your roses. However, many species tolerate or even require mildly acidic conditions to grow well. Organic material takes time to work, however.

All three rose slug species inflict similar damage and require the same treatment methods.Young rose slugs feed on soft leaf tissue, leaving just veins and a papery, see-through surface material behind.

Roses can experience two major types of flies: syrphid flies and rose midges. One of these is actually a beneficial insect and the other means big trouble for rose plants. Prune off dead branches and deadhead spent blossoms to maintain a neat bush.

Gently brush pollen onto the stigma of the flower with a pipe cleaner or artist's paintbrush. As a butterfly climbs through a flower, it collects pollen on its legs and wings, transferring it when it flits to the next flower.

Shrub roses include modern shrubs, hybrid musks and hybrid tugosas, English toses (David Austin Roses) and China toses. It may also need some initial support for climbing from twine or wire placed around the trunk of the tree.

On a lazy Sunday afternoon I decided to thumb through the latest issue and I hunted down the token garden article that appeared at the end of the magazine that was usually nothing of much interest.