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Category - Roses
Roses to grow in North Carolina and the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill region.
Tips To Extend The Lifetime Of Roses
Few things in life compare to a vase stuffed to the brim with fresh flowers; flowers that bring...
7 Roses for Your Garden
Some are new, others are tried and true, and a few have won awards, but in all cases these roses...
Are You Growing Own-Root Roses?
Recently a reader commented that while she enjoyed my articles, she didn’t always agree with me:...
Tackle Your Fear of Growing Roses
If you’ve never grown a rose simply for fear that you’ll kill it in no time, think again!
How Do You Know Which Rose to Grow?
We were intrigued when we heard about the world of rose judging and wondered how this could apply...
Growing Hybrid Tea Roses
As someone who fell hard for sustainable roses, I have avoided hybrid tea roses like the plague. I...
Historic Roses at the Ben Lomond House, Manassas, VA
Most gardeners think of their little plot of earth as hallowed ground, but the volunteers at the...
Rose Rosette Disease: Be Vigilant, It’s Here in NC
To the dread of North Carolinian rose lovers, rose rosette disease (RRD) has arrived in our state...
Let’s Save the Knock Out Rose
I’m on a personal mission to save the Knock Out rose although no one has noticed. Four years ago...
Best Roses for Our North Carolina Region
It wasn’t until I moved to North Carolina, that I realized how easy it was to grow roses in my...
Try These Easy-to-Grow Species Roses
This is the season to think about roses—but before you bring out the sprayers and start cursing...
Spring Garden Clean-Up: Rose Pruning
With spring here, it is time for gardeners to get back outside and start cleaning up the garden and...
Shade Tolerant Roses
In the world of gardening, it is a truism that as gardens mature they tend to become shadier, a...
A Truly Valiant Rose
Countless stories of survival have been told after the awful havoc wrought by Hurricane Katrina in...