A No-fuss Rose. Flower Carpet - a pink ground cover Shrub rose that's gaining huge popularity. Moreover, reports say it's very disease resistant, eliminating fungicide spraying. Maybe it's too good to be true.

Backyard Gardener A site that offers lots of info on caring for roses.

Benner's Gardens If you have a problem with deer destroying your roses and garden, the invisible fencing listed here might be the answer.

Birchwood Garden Tour This Cleveland gardener proudly shows off her expanding rose garden.

Blanc Double de Coubert A USDA zone 5 gardener waxes enthusiastically over this Rugosa hybrid introduced in 1892.

Carolina Rose Consultants If you're a rose grower in the Carolinas you'll get lots of info from the ARS consulting rosarians here.

Cats & your Garden! Cats, you either love or hate'em. But, even if you dislike them, they shouldn't be a problem in your rose garden, according to garden-writer Carol Wallace.

Christensen's Tips A concise list of full-season rose growing tips from noted breeder Jack Christensen.A handy reference

Climbing Roses Guide From Canadian Gardening magazine, Alberta nurseryman Jim Hole provides an interesting article on types and choices of climbing roses for your garden.

Container Growing Roses From Gardenguides, a nice feature on growing your favorite roses in containers.

Companion Plantings & Roses From Garden.com, some advice on the types of plants to use as companion plantings for your roses.

Composting Guide This article from Gardenguides may give you the incentive to try your hand at creating what some call, Black Gold.

Composting: Do It From Gardenguides, another feature to help you discover the merits of composting.

Donna's Roses In The Shade This Northern California grower seems to have had success with growing roses in less than ideal conditions. Check it out if you're faced with similar conditions.

Easy Care Roses From the Brooklyn Botanic Garden comes this informative article on the oft overlooked Species roses.

Exhibiting Roses For Fun The experts at A.R.S. offer helpful tips for the first time rose exhibitor.

Exhibiting Roses Best of the net A great site with lots of tips and tricks on how to exhibit your roses to their best.

1st Spot Gardening Lots of links to inform you on gardening, both outside and indoors.

Flower Drying I always get queries on how to dry flowers. You might want to try the methods outlined here.

For The Love of Single Roses This author proves that roses don't always have to be doubles or semi-doubles to find a place in your garden.

Garden Gold Fallen leaves aren't a nuisance. They are worth their weight in gold for your garden and lawn. Check this feature from HGTV and you'll never dispose of them again.

Gardens for Sanctuary From Suite 101, a feature on how to put together your own quiet spot in your garden.

Gardening Weather Better Homes & Gardens let you choose locales across N. America for a detailed weather forecst.

Growing Roses From Hometime a handy primer site for new rose growers. Includes soil prep tips, container growing and maintenance.

Growing Roses in Shade The general advice is you can't, but, if you are faced with no other choice, here's some help and a list of suitable roses that do thrive in limited sunshine.

Growing Roses Organically Dilip Barman's site on organic rose growing. A good primer site for organic growers that deals with selection and care of roses using organics.

In The Garden The home page for CBC's maritime gardening expert. In addition to weekly gardening tips, the site features items in RealVideo and RealAudio.

Janet Wood's Garden A nice pictorial tour through this Vancouver, B.C., garden with over 300 roses mostly climbers,  with the emphasis on HT climbers.

Jeff's Garden A site rich in pictures of what the efforts of these Vancouver, Washington, gardeners have accomplished. Roses galore.

Just Rose Pictures A really great collection of rose photos from a garden in Auckland N.Z. and in Reno NV. Shouldn't be missed.

Kirk's Garden This South Oregon gardener has an interesting treatment for his flower plantings, including roses. Mapped with text and pictures for easy navigating. You may get some design ideas here.

Make Your Own Fertilizer From Makestuff.com, some recipes for whipping up your own fertilizers at home.

Miniatures at Minimania Best of the net A marvelous site by Robbie Tucker that is a veritable feast for those who love miniature roses.

Mini Rose Arranging From the ARS some tips for arranging these small fry for show and your home.

Minnesota Rose Garden A harsh winter area for roses but you'll find a nice pictorial tour here.

Moosey's Country Garden A most interesting New Zealand site where roses are just one of the subjects. Well worth a visit.

My Country Garden Best of the net A delightful tour through this garden in BC's lower mainland with lots of rose pictures.

Newsgroup: rec.gardens.roses Older than The Web, this is the place to pose questions and get answers for anything related to roses.

Northern Images Minnesota isn't the easiest place to grow roses, but as this site shows they do indeed grow with some extra care.

Old Farmer's Almanac Weather According to their "secret formula", the Old Farmer's Almanac looks ahead to a long range weather forecast .

Our Rose Garden Lots of rose info, from planting to choosing types, from this University of Illinois site.
Rogers rose pages - Everything about roses.(også på norsk)
Roses For The North
From the University of Minnesota an excellent and informative publication on problems and suitable roses for northern growing conditions.

Rose Care
From Otto and Sons in Ca., a handy guide to aid you in your spring pruning efforts of all types of roses.

Rose Culture From the Australian Horticulture Correspondence School, a fast primer on rose culture and varieties.

Rose Growing Features From the folks at Bayer some interesting articles on rose growing.

Rose Guard A new commercial offering for winter protection of roses. A boxed method using soil and leaves.

Rose Primer Another GardenGuides article that should be of particular interest to new rosarians with info on selecting and caring for roses.

Roses Downunder From Garden-NZ, a handy rundown on maintaining your roses.

Roses For English Gardens From Garden Web some additional chapters from Gertrude Jekyll's classic.

Roses for the North Some informative chapters with pictures from a publication of the University of Minnesota.

Rose Growing in Alberta From the Alberta Ag. department comes this comprehensive primer on rose growing in prairie conditions. Includes recommended varieties and important winter protection methods.

Rose Helper A site designed to help with rose growing problems. Includes some interesting pictures from the author's own garden.

Rose Pictures from Denmark From a Danish commercial outlet. Unfortunately no English script but a lengthy list of rose pictures.

Rosemania An informative site with a listing of top roses with pictures.

Roses & Scent From the Gardening Village comes this informative article on roses and scent, a much sought after commodity.

Search Beat If your interest is more than just roses, here's a site with lots of gardening links.
Sharlies Rose Page This Washington DC gardener has some nice rose pictures from her own garden.

Success With Roses From Plant Ideas.com a handy seven step guide for planting and maintaining your roses. Great for new rose growers.

Summer Pruning = Abundant Fall Blooms A little Summer pruning makes for healthier bushes and ensures a good burst of Fall blooms on your roses.

The Rose Page From the rec.garden.roses FAQ newsgroup. A good site to visit for answers to rose growing questions.

The Seedpage A great source for finding seeds of all sorts, including rose seeds. Helpful hints on germination and growing.

The Minnesota Tip If you're growing tender roses in zone 4 or colder, you may have to resort to burying them. Here's the process to follow.

Thoroughbred Manure Tea Can't find the all important ingredient for your rose brew? This site offers 1 1/2 lb packages of it that originate with the blue bloods of Kentucky.

Winter Rose Care From Suite 101, some preparations to take across the zones for winter protection.

 
 

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