Rose Plants

Growing hybrid tea rose plants is one of the great joys (and frustrations) in our gardens. We love this joyful blooming plant but we fret (often unnecessarily) about growing it to perfection. This is the anchor page for all the cultural tips and techniques you’ll need for growing this plant.
Did you know that there are more hybrid tea roses sold in the world than any other garden plant?

If you need basic information, please check out the articles here for basic care

Fun Stuff

The meaning of rose colors for you to interpret. I can't be held responsible for the outcomes though. :-)

Hybrid tea roses (as well as other kinds) in containers and here are the main things to know.

How to grow long stem roses in their own garden. Here's the things you need to do in order to succeed. This isn't easy.

Growing sweetheart roses has been a goal of some gardeners who love cut flowers. This is much easier than it sounds.

Drying rose flowers is a time honored activity but we now have some easier ways that maintain flower color much better.

Some of the most fragrant hybrid tea roses

Tree rose care instructions (including overwintering) that you need.

Climbing Roses

Growing climbing roses - basic information.

Pruning climbing roses simply then you might appreciate this page. Just be gentle with my drawing skills. :-)

Overwinter climbing roses This article describes the various methods of overwintering tender hybrid tea climbers.

Miniature Roses

This section starts out with a general link page for the miniature rose bush tying many of the articles together. Use it only if you can't find what you're looking for below.

Growing mini roses is the general info page on everything you need to
know to grow a great little rose.

Pruning miniature roses so here's the simple directions.

Propagating miniature roses easily from cuttings. Here's how.

Guidelines to help you succeed growing them indoors.

Hardy Rose Plants

Basic tips for growing hardy rose bushes

Explorer Roses and how to use them. For example, here's an article about John Cabot rose and using it as a climber rose in cold climates.

Pruning shrub roses - here's a video on the two essential cuts

Modern Rose Plants

Modern rose plants include any plant that has been relatively recently hybridized or cross-bred from another. If that sounds confusing, here's a link to an explanation of what is currently considered a modern rose.

One of those plants is the Rugosa Rose and this long blooming, extremely hardy rose is making a serious comeback in popularity.

Old Garden Roses

Here's a list of old garden roses for you to start figuring out what you want to grow.

The moss rose and here's how to grow them. (one of the most popular)

Rose Diseases

This is a linking page to rose care and to all the problems listed here.

Black spot Heris the most common problem associated with roses. Here's the organic treatments.

Powdery mildew will strike many garden as well.

Botrytis or gray mold can be a problem if maintenance isn't great.

Downy mildew can be a problem in darm, warmer areas of the continent. Here's the organic treatment for this problem.

Rose Growing Basic Articles

These articles are for real beginners to growing roses, they will give you the basics. A link page to them all is right here or you can pick from this list.

To begin with, let’s talk about the different types of roses you can easily choose from. This page lists the most commonly available plants.

If you're not sure which rose varieties you'd like to grow, here's some award winners.

If you want to focus on great smelling roses, here is a list of some of the most fragrant and best growing roses.

And if you're looking for general tips of on caring for roses you'll find guidelines for watering, feeding, pruning and spraying right here.

General links to articles for insect control and diseases can be found here.

And sooner or later, you're going to want to learn about pruning roses

Winter care for roses?

Got a Question about Roses

If you have a question about roses, this is a good place to ask it.

Please understand that I get hundreds of questions every week from readers and I simply can't answer them all. I do my best and print quite a few in my free newsletter

Do give me as many details as possible.

Enter A Descriptive Title

Enter Question Here [ ? ]

Close Help

Entering your question is easy to do. Just type!...

Your story will appear on a Web page exactly the way you enter it here. Y

Upload A Picture (optional) [ ? ]

Close Help

Do you have a picture to add? Great! Click the button and find it on your computer. Then select it.

Add Picture Caption (optional)

Author Information (optional)

To receive credit as the author, enter your information below.

Your Name	(first or full name)
Your Location	(ex. City, State, Country)

Submit Your Contribution

Check box to agree to these submission guidelines.

(You can preview and edit on the next page)

What Other Visitors Have Asked About Roses

Click below to see questions from other visitors to this page...

Rose flowers do not open well Flowers do not open well; they turn brown at the edges and fail to open as they should. It was a gift and I do not know its name but the flowers are pink ...

Insects have rose preferences I just read the article on the John Cabot rose with worms. I had been considering replacing my Baffin explorer rose with a John Cabot in the hope that ...

do roses and spider wort grow well together will these two plants grow well together, with the spider wort surrounding the base of the roses?

Doug says he wouldn't grow them together in his garden ...

John Cabot Rose with worms Hi Doug - I have a John Cabot rose and every spring I spend hours pulling green worms off of the leaves. They really devour the leaves and stress the ...

Rose Tree Hello:
I had two rose trees and lost one during the 2006-2007 winter. The 2nd one survived without being buried or having any intervention from me.

Last ...

Still have questions about rose plants?

Click here for gardening questions