The deep freeze of January took a toll on quite a few plants, including many roses. Now that the danger of killing frost is past (hopefully), it’s time to assess and repair the damage. Here in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

I learned to prune with a Sunset manual in one hand and pruning shears in the other. I wanted my roses to look just like the pictures. But the more I gardened, the more I realized that not everything ...

"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 ...

Plus, learn to make your landscape fire-safe with natives. Planting native plants will help make your landscape more resilient in a wildfire. Learn how you can garden in a more fire-wise way within ...

Pruning climbing roses is very different from pruning bush roses. For one thing, we rarely cut them back hard the way we do bush roses. That would defeat the purpose of planting a climbing rose — to ...

Because of our exceptionally long growing season, we typically cut roses back twice a year in Louisiana. The first pruning is done now in late January to early February, and the second pruning is done ...

The Humboldt Rose Society is offering free rose pruning demonstrations in January and February. Master rose growers will explain and show how to correctly prune roses. Demonstrations are on Saturday ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Mastering the art of pruning your rose bushes doesn't have to be an intimidating task. With the right ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I need some advice on pruning a climbing rose trained on a wrought iron ...