Begin to prepare your roses for winter in the fall months. Stop fertilizing and deadheading plants by early fall so that the ...

Question: Do roses, strawberries and perennial flowers really need winter protection? Mine have always survived without doing anything special. Answer: Although all will usually survive without ...

A late fall freeze allowed Chrysanthemums and other fall blooming perennials to reach their full glory. Correct fall care of perennials and roses will send them into winter better prepared to survive.

Q: My bushes are diseased! The leaves have tiny orange “spots” and are turning brown/dry. I’ve had them for 10 years or more and they gave lovely flowers 2, 3 times a season. There are some buds but ...

Finish cutting back perennials and cleaning up garden debris this month. It is best to cut back perennials before they start growing to minimize damage to the new growth. Many perennials have started ...

Thinking about what delightful plants would be suitable companions to plant next to your roses? With the huge variety of rose (Rosa spp.) colors, it's exciting to ponder planting companion plants with ...

“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 ...

So you bought some new rose plants and are now wondering how to produce the best bloom? Come to this workshop on April 7 and learn, or exchange ideas about, rose types best suited to our climates and ...

Longmont volunteers and city officials came together on Wednesday to give Roosevelt Park’s Memorial Rose Garden a much-needed makeover. The garden, located at the west end of the park, contains more ...

The cold front that moved through this week caught a lot of people by surprise. The cold rain was a reminder of what could be ...

Roses have a reputation for being difficult to grow and disease-prone. But who's really to blame? We are, said Peter E. Kukielski, a rosarian and the author of "Rosa: The Story of the Rose," a new ...