Gorgeous, fragrant roses are highly desirable and a favorite among gardeners. Although healthy rose bushes can provide beautiful blooms for years, they are often challenging to grow. The trick to ...

Bareroot roses are abundant in garden centers throughout Hampton Roads now. You see these roses, minus soil around their roots, in boxes and bags. Now is an ideal time to plant them while temperatures ...

As a gardening educator, one of my biggest challenges is to get people to do the right thing at the right time. Take planting roses, for instance. Nurseries generally get in their new roses in January ...

Strawberries are a perfect plant for containers, especially hanging containers. They look gorgeous with the fruit drooping ...

If you’re already missing the beauty and vibrancy of your flowering summer blooms, there’s a winter rose that will brighten ...

That famed British plantswoman Vita Sackville-West, who along with her husband created the 20th century romantic garden icon, Sissinghurst, singled out 'Madame Plantier' as one of her favorite roses.

A light fall trim keeps your roses tidy and resilient through winter storms. “A fall prune can be a little less precise when ...

You can still attend the last of my fruit tree pruning classes starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Ahern Orchard near Bonanza Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Contact me if you need help finding ...