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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 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 as a European rose with sweet-scented leaves and pink flowers.

Just as an emporium is a large store with a wide variety of things for sale, there are antique rose emporiums to delight rose growers. You can buy an antique rose already rooted from a rose emporium.

How do you prepare to grow an antique rose? First, choose a planting location that allows for several hours of morning sunlight. It is best to give the plant room for healthy air movement as the bush will grow and develop.  

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February 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Antique Roses, Growing Roses, History of Roses | Leave a comment