inside rose bush

QuestionQUESTION: we got a rose bush when my mother in law died in April. We didnt get it planted outside and it is still inside in the original container. How do I trim it back?? it has droopy sparse

Trimming Knockout Roses

QuestionI live in Georgia and need to trim our knockout roses. Last year we trimmed them down to about 18 inches and they came back great. We did have to trim in the summer because they were too high. I

parade rose blooms

Question rose bush Hello, I am in Zone 10, in southwest Florida. I am plant sitting for a month some friends. Among their plants I found a some twigs that had a few yellow, scraggly leaves hanging off them and a pla

roses feeding

QuestionI live in California, we have a lot of rain now. Ive just pruned back my roses. How should I feed them? when to start? my roses are 9 years old, they are really good in spring and weak in summer, maybe I don

Pruning Rose Trees

QuestionMy rose treese still have lots of leaves and branches and even some little bud sites on their branches. Even though it is January, can I prune them and HOW do I prune a rose tree? I dont want to

climbing rose id - zone 8

QuestionI have a rose I need id for or direction to find id. I know it is difficult without a pic of the bloom but Ill ask anyway. It is a small deep red bloom, about 1 accross, on a wild climbing runners. It has b

roses in tropical islands

Questioni leave in a tropical island,and have a number of roses in pots as my soil is a rock ground. its hot from June to November,and cool from December to may when is the moment of pruning? they are flowering all

When to Trim a Rose Bush

QuestionQUESTION: My husband just decided to do yard-work last Saturday and trimmed off both our rose tres. I thought you dont do that in the dead of winter. We live in the east bay area of San Francisco

transplanting heritage roses from Mt. View,Ca. to southern Ca. Ventura

Questionwhat kind of soil is needed and fertilizer? Is Feb.better than Jan to transplant them? also How much root system needs to be taken? Should I prune them before I dig them up? I look forward in hearing from yo

digging rose bushes

Questioni need to dig up rose bushes and want to know how to keep them from dying til i re plant them again AnswerThe best time to transplant in your area in when the temperature is the coolest. That means tr

growing roses from a cut long stem.

QuestionMy husband bought me a red rose, I put it in water and this is the first time any rose started growing foliage from the nubs on the stem. My Question is: Can I plant this some how, will it grow? And if

Knockout roses are losing leaves

QuestionI live in Houston and have knockout roses planted on the northwest side of the house. They are really spindly looking but are blooming still. We had a pretty dry and hot late summer so that may h

Indoor roses

QuestionI have a very quick question for you. Can I get some blaze climbing roses to grow indoors, right next to a large and mostly sunny window? I dont expect they will do as well as outdoors, but could I coax t

name that rose

QuestionLast year friends bought me a long=stemmed rose tree to commemorate my husbands death. I did not know you were supposed to leave the tag on the tree. How do I find out the name of the rose?  

pruning iceberg roses

QuestionSome years ago I planted iceberg roses across the front of my house in Melbourne. The first year I had the most magnificent hedge of roses - it looked like a solid boarder across the front of the house

Knock out roses-black spot

QuestionQUESTION: Thank you for printing the information about clay soil and roses. I live in Florida-zone 9 (Hernando) (we can get down to 20 some evenings in the winter). Our soil is sandy soil. We pla

perrinials?

Questionhello, i have a kordana rose mini plant and i was wondering as to wether or not they are perrinials. i live in cambridge on so we do get hit with snow. is it safe to leave them outside for the w

Mulching Roses

QuestionI have some well-established roses that I think are floribundas in Henderson, NV. I went to a class about pruning and Im working on them now. At the class they also advised me to mulch now. I k

fine hair roots just under the surface around rose bushes

QuestionThis time last year we had a problem with fine hair-like roots just under the surface around the rose bushes. We have dug out the roses, replaced the soil with new garden soil and planted some of the o

Planting roses near cedars

QuestionI live in zone4/5 just N.of Lake Ontario at Cobourg and have a lot of cedars.I would like to plant roses to grow up into them, or at least close to cedar trees. Is there any way I can prevent the cedar roots