Roses can be pruned in fall or spring—fall helps with shaping, while spring pruning supports fresh growth. In cold zones, stick to light fall pruning to avoid frost damage; in mild zones, heavier cuts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark de Leeuw / Getty Images Pruning is an essential aspect of caring for roses. Unlike lower-maintenance shrubs such as hydrangea ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For this guide, we spoke to Nita-Jo Rountree, Seattle-based garden designer and author of Growing Roses ...

If you want strong, healthy rose plants with big, beautiful blooms this spring, winter is the best time to prune them. Don Chapman, a member of the Marin Rose Society and UC Marin Master Gardeners, ...

It might be a demanding task but you'll be glad you did it!

Pruning is the symbolic start of the new gardening year. But it inspires panic in less-experienced gardeners who wonder, “Am I doing this right?” Have no fear: The Houston Rose Society will hold a ...

While you can just lop your rose bushes down to the ground, learning how to prune them the right way can help you shape them for the future. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home ...

Bill Dickerson demonstrates pruning roses in spring, and Walter Battle talks about summer squash. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, rose expert Bill Dickerson demonstrates how ...

Many of the roses grown in Florida require regular maintenance. Part of this maintenance includes pruning. But gardeners sometimes have a hard time getting up the nerve to cut their rose bushes back.

Here in Vermont, we know spring has officially arrived when the snowdrops peak out from the gravelly roadsides, the red maple ...

Next spring I will be joining a rose tour in France, so I need to brush up on my French. I gathered up my French books and started by reviewing the chapter on how to ask questions, because if you want ...

Pruning flowers can feel like one of the trickiest garden tasks—and roses are no exception. Cut too soon, and you risk damaging new growth, but wait too long, and you might hold your plant back from ...