Key Points Protect roses in winter by shielding the crown—the most vulnerable part of grafted plants.After the first frost, ...

When most people think about growing roses, they think of bushes and shrubs. If you haven’t discovered the exceptional beauty and versatility of climbing roses, you’re in for a happy surprise. Roses ...

Climbing roses are vigorous growers that produce an abundant display of flowers through summer and autumn. As well as having a long blooming period, climbers can be planted "at any time" of the year, ...

Answer: Climbing roses are not hard to grow. They don’t actually climb, but have long canes that are ideal for vertical display. Climbing roses often need to be guided up and tied securely in place ...

Gardeners should be venturing into their gardens this month to prune climbing roses for a spectacular flowering display next ...

Anyone who has read my articles over the years knows that I think roses are one of the best plants we can have in our gardens. Many of the problems that roses have result from high humidity which is ...

Dear Master Gardener: I bought a beautiful trellis on a closeout sale last fall and would like to plant a climbing rose. Is it too cold up here for climbing roses and are they difficult to grow?

SOPHIE THOMSON: I don't think there's another flower that's so captured the heart of gardeners as the rose. They've been with us for thousands of years, but in the 1700's, it was the arrival in Europe ...

How to grow: compact climbing roses. Picking, deadheading and winter pruning should be easy; feed well after a hard prune. Credit: Photo: Martin Pope I have had two questions from from readers this ...

Gardening legend Monty Don, known for his role on BBC Gardeners' World, has shared his top tips for pruning in autumn and ...

This year I treated myself to a whole new battery of climbing roses. This does not happen very often – if ever – in one’s life and I am duly excited, impatient and grateful. I have planted them all to ...