Basic Pruning Principles

Basic Pruning Principles

To ‘prune’ – “to lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots (of a plant) for better shaped or more fruitful growth; to shape or smooth by trimming; to cut off or cut out (dead branches from a rose bush).” In colder climates the removal of dead branches...

Rose Exhibiting for Beginners

So – the rose bug has bit you! You have learned about planting, pruning and spraying! Now you are ready to exhibit! If possible, attend a rose show and visit the preparation room where you can watch the exhibitors at work before you exhibit yourself. Most exhibitors...
Rose Garden Lingo, A Jocular Interpretation

Rose Garden Lingo, A Jocular Interpretation

by Douglas Witt, Master Rosarian emeritus, Carolina Rose Society   The hobby of growing roses encompasses a vast array of ‘people, places, and things’, and can lead to interesting outgrowths such as the words often used by rosarians in their daily discourse....

Basic Rose Terminology

When speaking about roses it makes it much easier if all of us use the same terminology. The following is a list of basic terms used to describe rose plant parts. It is a lot easier to understand what someone is talking about when they say “sepals” rather than “… you...
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