Knock Out roses are supposed to be one of the hardiest, and disease resistent roses available at the moment. In order to keep them disease resistent you want to plant them in an environment that’s conducive to their health and vigour. Follow these steps for planting your Knock Out roses and they should reward you with disease free growth and prolific blooms. Read more »

Knockout Roses seem to have taken the rose growing world by storm as one of the easiest, trouble-free rose plants to grow. Apparently this AARS award winning rose is the most widely sold rose in North America due to its hardiness and versatility.

This rose was hybridised by Willian Radler and introduced to the world in 1999. It’s a floribunda rose that grows to about 4ft tall (1.2m) and as wide, forming a small compact bushy plant. Read more »

Just about every lavender rose seems to have a fragrance, and if you grow your roses for their fragrance in additon to their beauty, as I do, you’ll want to make sure that one of the following rose plants finds a place in your garden.

Leading the field is one of my very favourites, Blue Moon. Not only is the colour of this rose bush enchanting but the fragrance is exceptional. It’s a hybrid tea rose that grows 135 cm (4ft 1/2ft) tall, with large, full petalled blooms that last well. It is no wonder it’s been one of the most commercially successful lavender roses. Read more »

It’s such a pleasure to get together with a group of people who share the same passion as you do. Joining a rose society gives you an opportunity to connect with likeminded folk who share your satisfaction of growing roses and who enjoy exchanging various tips and ideas.

Your partner or family members may not share your enthusiasm for rose gardening and it’s good to be able to talk with others who “get it” – the joy and pleasure you experience while pottering in and around your garden. Read more »

Picture this: You enjoy growing roses and one of your beautiful rose plants is starting to turn up its heels. The leaves have been yellowing and falling and the shoots are starting to die off.

You don’t know what could be the problem. You give it a good watering every few days, but it doesn’t seem to be helping – in fact the rose plant just keeps looking worse.

It is often at this stage that you think maybe it needs some fertilizer. So you go get some rose food and spread that generously around the base of the plant. STOP. This is the worst thing you could do for it.

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