Mid-February is a busy time for gardeners in East Texas. It’s the perfect time to plant cool-season vegetables but February ...
Generations of local rosarians know the mid-February holiday as the red-letter date for romancing their roses. It’s when we ...
Pruning roses isn't particularly difficult, but if you do it a the wrong time of year, you can cause minor or even major ...
February proves to be a busy time in the garden as plants, like rose sand hydrangeas, need your attention. To get the most ...
If you try to prune once-blooming roses in the late winter, you'll likely get few, if any, flowers for the season, as once-blooming roses only bloom on old wood. This would be an even worse mistake ...
February pruning sets the stage for a healthy, vigorous rose garden that will reward you with abundant blooms in the months ...
For hybrid roses, though, which bloom on new growth, Valentine's Day may be the perfect time to cut the shrubs back. Many old ...
Instead, remove old, woody canes that no longer flower, and encourage strong new growth to follow the structure you’re training them on. Tie the main canes horizontally if possible; this encourages ...
Courage and few sharp tools are all you need to prune roses: a by-pass hand pruner, by-pass lopper, a small saw, gloves, ...
The general advice for when to prune roses tends to be between December and February, but Angela urges caution in this.