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 ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — "A rose is a rose is a rose" is a famous line from Gertrude Stein's poem "Sacred Emily." In truth, roses are different - different varieties, sizes, colors - and one that stands ...

Now is the time to prune most roses. Whether you have well established roses, old neglected roses, shrub roses or hybrid tea roses, pruning is essential and late winter is a good time to get this job ...

Each Valentine’s Day, I preorder myself a bare root rose from David Austin. It’s a little act of self-love, and it makes me so happy when it appears on my doorstep a few weeks later. The roses are ...

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 ...