Coffee grounds and banana peels on a table - iva/Shutterstock If you've ever looked up tips and tricks for growing beautiful roses, you've probably seen advice to use kitchen leftovers like coffee ...

Fertilize roses starting in early to mid‑spring, once frost danger has passed and growth reaches ~6 inches. Continue feeding throughout the growing season—after each bloom cycle—with gradually reduced ...

Of all the mysteries the rose grower faces, one of the most perplexing can be what and how much to ‘feed’ our roses. What guidelines are available to gardeners to determine which products to add to ...

My therapist at the Towers in Ashland asked me about why her roses were losing all of her leaves and most of the blooms on her roses in June of last year. She said to me, "Eric, I have lost so much of ...

Deadheading may be the real secret. Your grandma or a neighborhood rose enthusiast may swear by fertilizing roses with epsom salt. Many gardeners give roses a monthly drench of epsom salt believing it ...

Roses have always been a landscape staple. Who does not love a rose in bloom? The popularity of this timeless plant has been reinvented with the release of the common Knockout Rose. This variety ...

Q: When should I fertilize my roses? Is it OK to use fertilizer stakes? They are starting to bud now. A: Fertilize them any time now. They are fertilized sometime toward the end of January when growth ...

This is an exciting time of year for us rose growers. Our roses have leafed out, and our earliest varieties are budding. (The Harison’s Yellow rose — circa 1750s — in the Olivia White Hospice Garden ...

The rose is one of the oldest flowers in cultivation and is still considered one of the most popular garden flowers today. The flower is so popular that in 1986, Congress named the rose our national ...

Q: I am taking care of two rose bushes and my fertilizing dates have been a month apart. That has not been a problem but now with fall coming on, my question is do I need to fertilize them another ...