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.

Rust on roses is a problem for some growers (reddish pustules)

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?

I'm now taking some semi-retirement time, so questions are now only being answered here. (Click Here)

You may find yours already answered so do check out the lists below

What Other Visitors Have Asked About Roses

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

Planting Bare Root Roses Hi Doug,
I have a question about bare root roses that I recently bought. I am going to plant them this weekend. New growth has begun to grow on one ...

New dawn rose for arbor in zone 5 Hi Doug,

We live in Montreal, zone 5.

My wife had a dream of having a rose covered arbor all her life. 2 years ago on an impulse we bought a cast ...

Transplanting climbing rose in fall Hi I have a climbing rose planted in spring this year that has grown ver well. Now I want to transplant it to another part of the garden. Can I do it now ...

Roses without flowers I took a few cuttings from my neighbour's red roses 2 summers ago and planted them in my garden in the sun. Only the thin cuttings made it. However, last ...

Toasted Roses I had a building fire in Oct. which was close to my rose bed. The roses were toasted a golden brown. I felt they would be all right and I am beginning ...

explorer roses, best hips, least invasive roots Hi Doug,
I'm looking for a rose with good-tasting, prolific fall hips. Also prefer a low-suckering plant, one that tolerates maple roots and dry conditions ...

Late Planting Roses in Zone 5 Is it too late in Zone 5 (Durango, CO - 6500 ft) to plant a Dr. Griffith Buck rose and had it established enough to survive winter?

Thanks, Susan

Doug ...

Rose bush blight My rose bush leaves are thin and yellowy and the buds are withered and dry looking. I can't find a description of these symptoms anywhere. Can you help?...

knock out roses my knock out are not blooming! One or two buds but not what I expected.

Doug says that he doesn't see a question here - only a complaint. :-) Let ...

Water Quality for Roses I water roses (as well as the lawn) with chlorinated water. I have recently started using compost tea, following your on-line instructions. They call ...

caring for a potted rose tree in Zone 10 What does yellowing leaves indicate?

How can I protect my rose tree from the heat in zone 10 in the summer.

Doug says that yellowing leaves indicate ...

tiny worms hello, my roses are under attack.
there are tiny futry worms about 1mm wide and 5mm long that make their way into the bud (from the bottom) then the ...

The Impressionist - May '09 Just wanted to share my beautiful single "Impressionist" rose. Hope to plant in the ground soon, it seems sturdy enough!

Climbing rose with an anomoly! I have a climber which produces beautiful orange roses -- but something is amiss! The same bush is also yielding a rogosa type miniature rose that is ...

what does a rose hip look like Hi,
Thank you for all your great articles, what does a rose seed / hip look like? How can I find it on the rose bush?
Sorry if the question sounds trivia,...

Replanting rose trees Hi Doug,
Is it possible to replant rose trees when they are not dormant and what is the procedure please
I can get hold of a few thousand Hybrid rose ...

overwintering tree rose I have a tree rose. This is my second season and I've yet to bury it. If I succeeded in not burying it for last winter, what are my chances of it flowering ...

Problem with rose bush I can't identify what is on my Rose Bush. I had just planted it about 2 weeks ago. I was watering in every 1-2 days because we are in a drought. I saw ...

Container-grown roses in Winter My garden is in northern Virginia, 40 miles west of Washington DC. Is it possible to winter-over roses in large containers left outside? They are very ...

Miniature 'Palace' Rose Indoors i Have 5 palace rose bushes and the tag on it says that the rose can be potted for inside use or put in the flower bed outside. I wanted to know what ...

Removing hips from Rugosa planted a year ago Hi, Doug,
We planted several Rugosa roses in a community garden last summer. This summer they are doing extraodinarily well. We have been advised that ...

hardy rugosa shrubs yellowing I have two of these and they have done well until this year. One in particular has been dying back and turning yellow. This year I have had an influx ...

cutting and rooting rose bush clippings I've tried to do this several times with no success. Do you have any info and picture of where to clip the cutting, and then what to put it in to get ...

Rose Blooms Problems A page with questions and answers about problems getting roses to bloom

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 ...

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