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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
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