The time to prune rose of Sharon to encourage growth and blooms is late winter or early spring. Learn why, plus how to prune ...

If you've spent any time gardening, then you've likely heard of the term "pruning" before. This beneficial garden maintenance task is imperative for keeping your beautiful, hard-earned rose bush alive ...

Gardeners can help ensure that their roses are more abundant and have larger flowers next year by doing a simple 10-minute ...

There are so many jobs to do in your yard to prepare for spring that it’s easy to run out of time before they are all completed. However, certain jobs, like pruning roses, must be done at the right ...

Gardeners who have roses on their mind at this time of year, perhaps because of Valentine’s Day, may notice that some roses in protected locations have swelling buds. For years, rose growers say to ...

You can call your roses by any name you want and they’ll still smell as sweet. But when it comes time to prune them, a few quick pointers will help you keep them growing disease-free and beautiful.

Because of our exceptionally long growing season, we typically cut roses back twice a year in Louisiana. The first pruning is done now in late January to early February, and the second pruning is done ...

As we enter the waning days of summer, many of our plants are just plain tired after enduring months of heat — and they’re showing it. Roses are no exception. They tend to get a bit leggy and ...

Early to mid-February is an excellent time to cut back repeat-flowering roses growing in your landscape. Hybrid tea and grandiflora roses, in particular, should be pruned around this time every year.

Heavier pruning of roses is usually done in late winter or early spring, when the plant is dormant. However, lightly pruning roses in summer is also beneficial to help manage disease, encourage more ...

Many gardeners swear by pruning roses (it's one of Monty Don's top plants to prune in September), but Arit Anderson has ...

Jeanette Marantos is a Features reporter focused primarily on plants, gardening and Southern California’s changing landscapes for the Los Angeles Times. She also writes the monthly L.A. Times Plants ...