Pruning is an essential aspect of caring for roses. Unlike lower-maintenance shrubs such as hydrangea and forsythia, roses benefit from regular pruning to help keep them tidy and disease-free and ...

If you've spent any time gardening, then you've likely heard of the term "pruning" before. This beneficial garden maintenance task is imperative for keeping your beautiful, hard-earned rose bush alive ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Pruning serves a greater purpose than just shaping or tidying up your rose bush. It is important for ...

Heavier pruning of roses is usually done in late winter or early spring, when the plant is dormant. However, lightly pruning roses in summer is also beneficial to help manage disease, encourage more ...

As we enter the waning days of summer, many of our plants are just plain tired after enduring months of heat — and they’re showing it. Roses are no exception. They tend to get a bit leggy and ...

Q: When should I prune my rose bushes? They never really go completely dormant, in that they keep their leaves and occasionally bloom throughout the winter.

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 ...

The Knock Out rose is likely the most planted rose in southeast Louisiana landscapes. Since its introduction in 2000, the Knock Out rose has ushered in a whole new way to look at roses and use them in ...

Our task was to prune some roses. Looking down on the blackened, thorn-incrusted canes it was hard to believe that these are the plants that inspired poets and sent plant hunters on far reaching ...