With a little TLC, you can help them flourish. Marcy Simpson “Why aren’t my roses blooming?” the gardener wonders aloud. There’s a special kind of disappointment in waiting for your garden to burst ...

It’s late summer and the time to think about pruning roses. Many gardeners get confused about how and when to prune their roses, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. The timing is not arbitrary. We ...

My roses are waking up, and starting to show leaf buds along their stems. This is a good time to cut back dead stems, which will stimulate new growth and start them off well for the summer season.

Assuming these are re-blooming roses we are taking about — there are some mostly older and species type varieties that will only bloom once a year — the best way to get roses to re-bloom is 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 ...

Deadheading roses encourages the plant to produce more blooms, which prolongs the flowering period and promotes a cleaner appearance. How you deadhead roses will depend on the variety you're growing.