Roses are a highly polarizing plant in the garden community – while many enthusiasts adore their iconic blooms, and won’t hesitate to add another to the garden, other gardeners find them simply too ...

There are so many roses to choose from. Once-blooming roses like this old-world French cultivar reward you with a brief but ...

If roses exhibit poor growth, reduced vigor or abnormal leaves and blooms, don’t just assume they need more fertilizer.

“If you don’t know where you are going, you are going to end up somewhere else.” This sage adage, credited to Yogi Berra, pinpoints the importance of planning. If you are a novice gardener and you ...

Like many of you, I had a few plants that flowered through the winter. But my roses were the rock stars in the winter, blooming right through December, even though the temperatures were chilly. Roses ...

Baldo Villegas grows close to 3,500 rose bushes in his Orangevale garden. He’ll host a winter rose care workshop Jan. 13 in Roseville. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com Ask any rose grower; ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Many gardens include at least one rose and perhaps several. Roses are dormant from late winter to early spring (when buds begin to swell), so now is the time ...

The beloved chef lends her name to an equally exuberant rose. If you have a shelf of Julia Child cookbooks in your kitchen, you need a row of 'Julia Child' roses in your garden. They're floribunda ...

'Oh they are all beautiful,' said one gardener.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Roses are going dormant at this time of the year. This is the season for annual care for your roses, including propagating, pruning, and adding plants to ...