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7 Tips for Planting Healthy Roses

By Kathleen Gresham

Spring is the perfect time to plant roses. As soon as the ground is soft enough, you can start making rose beds.

Roses grow in a wide variety of climates. By choosing your rose plants carefully, you can grow them in many places. 

However, roses will not flourish in every climate. And even where roses grow easily, they still need special care and treatment. Here are seven tips for planting roses to make sure they grow well and flourish for many years to come.

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April 11th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Choosing Roses, Growing Roses, Miniature Roses, Planting Rose Bushes | Leave a comment

How to Grow Miniature Roses

By Kathleen Gresham

Miniature roses are true roses that have been specially bred to stay small. Most mini roses also have smaller flowers than standard rose bushes. Some are quite tiny. They come in a variety of types and colors.

Miniature roses are quite hardy plants despite their small size. In fact, they are more winter hardy than most tea roses. Miniature roses also tend to be repeat bloomers, which is an advantage in adding them to your gardens.

Types of Miniature Roses

One of the joys of growing miniature roses is that you can grow a spectacular variety of colors, sizes and shapes of roses in a very small space. Here are a few of the more popular types of miniatures:

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February 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Roses | Leave a comment