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Winterizing Roses

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Roses provide beauty and fragrance throughout the spring and summer months. However, if you live in a climate where the winter months are chilly, your roses will require a bit of winter maintenance to ensure they’ll return the following spring.

It’s true that many rose species will continue to bloom [...]

How to Grow Antique Roses

By Kathleen Gresham

When you think of antiques, a rose might not immediately come to mind. But antique roses have been around for centuries. All rose varieties developed before 1867 are considered to be antiques. 

Shakespeare used the word eglantine when speaking of the rose in his sonnets and plays. Eglantine is described in the dictionary [...]