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Different Types Of Roses For Your Rose Garden

If you are going on your first date or celebrating your 10-year anniversary, or proposing for marriage, roses can be the best and perfect gift to complement any romantic occasion. Roses provide a certain impression of stylishness and class that can really impress your partner. With roses, many of you can easily express [...]

March 7th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Roses | Leave a comment

Rose Gardening- How To Take Care During Winter

While winter is the season of hibernation and dormancy for your roses, it can spell disaster, if you let it face the season with out taking any precaution.

The tougher varieties like old garden roses and own-root types normally survive through the bitter cold, but the more delicate varieties like hybrid teas and [...]

February 8th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Roses | Leave a comment

Some Very Basic Rose Gardening Tips

You’ve probably seen pictures of other people’s magnificent rose gardens, but would you be able to produce such roses from your own home gardening efforts? If you research and pay attention to the multitude of rose gardening tips that are available to you, it’s very likely that you can do this. There are [...]

January 30th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Roses | Leave a comment

Growing and Showing Old Garden Roses

By Kathleen Gresham

To recreate the sort of garden beloved by our ancestors, include the old garden roses.  The old roses date back for centuries, are hardier than some modern hybrids, and include a large variety of colors and scents.  

What classifies a rose as an old garden rose?  According to the American Rose Society, old garden roses are antique rose varieties that were introduced before 1867.  

Old roses grow well in poor conditions and are the easiest type of rose to care for. If planted in rich soil that drains well, they will continue to bloom for many years. They prefer a light feeding schedule and require a bit of patience.  They bloom only when they are ready to bloom.

Famous Old Garden Rose Varieties

Among the best known of the old garden roses are Mary Queen of Scots, the Sweetheart Rose, the American Beauty, Awakening, and Belle Amore.

Old garden roses with the traditional appearance include

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April 17th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Antique Roses, Growing Roses, History of Roses, Rose Classification | Leave a comment

Rose Classification

Many different rose classification schemes are used worldwide. The most popular is the one proposed by the American Rose Society and the World Federation of Roses. [...]

February 7th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Rose Classification | Leave a comment

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