Experts highly recommend mulching roses for winter. Mulch around the base insulates roots from damaging freeze-thaw cycles. Cold areas need extra soil and mulch, while warmer areas require only a thin ...

The winterizing process for roses should begin in late fall. If your area has already experienced a hard frost, it’s not too late. Temperatures should be consistently below freezing, and roses should ...

Once the first winter freeze has hit, you will want to take protective measures to keep your rose plants safe through the ...

In the fall, clean up roses, add mulch around the plants, and water during especially long dry spells. Do not deadhead, fertilize, or prune roses unless for overwintering prep. To overwinter roses, ...

Your roses may be hankering for some mulch at their bases to help hold moisture in the soil, provide additional nutrients, deter pests and disease, aerate the soil, and even easily eliminate weeds ...

The crocus are up, buds are bursting. Spring is on its way. Got a question? Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University's Extension Service. OSU ...

Is it all right to prune rose bushes in the fall? How far back? And what about the completely dead stalks? — Suzanne To answer your question, let me give you a brief primer on fall rose care. It's ...

This is the third and final Gardening Etcetera column on planting bare root roses. The first column last October described how to buy bare root roses, which should be done in January. The second ...