Winter is coming, brr, way too soon for me. Anyway, here’s a video of Phyllis Stevens talking about preparing your roses for the winter. She covers pruning, a bit about diseased leaves, and mounding. Mounding is pretty much essential if you have grafted roses, not so important if they are on their own roots.   [...]

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Well… We received a question about growing roses that will bloom in the spring in zone 5. If you’re talking late spring, then Ok. Here’s the answer that our expert Rosarian, Lynn, gave: Looking at this spring, even our maples are not budding out very quickly, so that would give you some indication that Spokane [...]

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Ashdown Roses just released another video on rose care, this one covers how to move a rose that is actively growing. Why would anyone want to do that? Maybe the garden plans changed and your big rose has to move away from what will be the veggie garden. Or maybe you’re moving (locally) and the [...]

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How to train your climbing roses to create a flower wall, instead of just blooming at the tips to make a flower edge.

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