May 21, 2022 | Rose Care, Rose Questions
Knockout, or Knock Out® roses are a family of shrub roses created by Will Radler for Star® Roses and Plants who are known for a wide variety of landscape roses, minis, and other plants. These are highly disease-resistant and bloom continuously throughout the season....
Dec 12, 2021 | Rose Care, Rose Questions
Epsom salts contain magnesium and sulfur. Magnesium is a necessary element of chlorophyll and so, if your soil is deficient in magnesium then Epsom salts can help. Before you start applying anything to your soil or your roses, we recommend having your soil analyzed by...
Dec 12, 2021 | Rose Care, Rose Questions
Coffee grounds contain nitrogen and so can help stimulate growth in any plants, not just roses. If you want to scatter coffee grounds around your rose bushes, it’s not going to hurt. However, as with any nitrogen source, you’ll want to pay attention to the...
May 4, 2021 | Rose Care, Rose Questions
Crown gall is a bacterial disease that causes plants to dark, warty growths, typically near the graft union or on a forking branch. It is a common disease for rose bushes and some fruit trees. The disease attacks the plant tissue under the bark and can deform the...
Feb 22, 2021 | Rose Care, Rose Questions
Generally, roses can go without much pruning in the fall. However, if you live in a location that gets wind or that starts experiencing freezing weather in fall, you may want to do what we here in the Pacific Northwest call wind pruning. This amounts to pruning tall...
