Should you find yourself in the countryside this weekend, look out for Britain’s biggest rose exhibition. Admission is free and the exhibits adorn almost every hedgerow. The star plants, dog roses ...

Show me the gardener who isn’t seduced by the sight and smell of a climbing rose in full and heady June bloom. And why not? It’s a particularly seductive mixture of perfume and colour that’s always ...

Most shrub roses reach about 3 or 4 feet in both height and width, he says. Some varieties, such as Drift, don't grow quite as tall or wide and could even work as a form of ground cover. Stauffers of ...

Can I squeeze just one more rose into my overcrowded garden this autumn? The choice on offer is enormous; most nurseries have hundreds of varieties of shrubs, climbers and ramblers, not to mention new ...

After months of hot, dry weather, thunderstorms and heavy rain will be a welcome sight for many gardeners. As the weather cools down, now is the perfect opportunity for gardeners to get out in the ...

As befits their name, 'Knock Out' roses are showstoppers in the garden. A real sensation, well, a knock out, if you like. Loved for their easy opulence and lack of disease, in the capable hands of the ...

April is a great month for pruning garden plants, including roses. Here's how to prune them correctly to ensure it "flowers vigorously" year-after-year. Roses are striking garden plants which are ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Seeing gardens awash in rose blossoms this time of year is undoubtedly what prompted my sister-in-law to call ...

For some people, they’re also synonymous with too much work. Gardeners might remember the roses their mothers or grandmothers grew that were prone to diseases, had few blooms and had to be tied up in ...

Two great passions of the French kicked off last week and neither involve food or wine. One was the start of the European football championship which is being held in France. The other was the start ...