OT- Growing Roses

Does anyone garden? Since we've finally finished most of our home repairs on our new home, I've moved on to landscaping. :)
I want to plant some roses, but know next to nothing about growing them? Does anyone have any advice, knowledge, tips...anything to help?
TIA-

Brianna I'm no help with roses but love to garden...in the event you move onto another plant or need ideas of plants I know a lot about them, I'm pretty active in our Garden Club. 3 months ago I hosted our garden club and the topic was ROSES!!!! But I'm not a planted rose person (love em in vases) so I'm not much help. they are not the easiest thing to grow according to this man so I'd research alittle prior to planting...maybe even purchase a book on them (or library)...

Long term color in landscapes can come from
butterfly bushes
crepe mrtyles

I love
camelias (for color in late winter when nothing has color)

I love dog woods one of each color pink-red-white and a Kousa if you have room

I love hydrangeas, though some don't like them due to "grand ma plants" but I LOVE them!!!!

I'm also a huge bulb person I love tulips and daffodils they come up at my birthday and I love all of the color!!!!

One of my favorite things is a Japenese Apricot (Prunus Mume) tree...I had only seen one once at an Arboretum and it was during a 'winter walk" (about Feb) when the interest in the garden were few items with actual color BUT this one huge (old) tree had purple flowers on it on the stems (no leaves they come after the flowers)...I searched everywhere for one. Outside of that 2 weeks of flowers it does not do much for me BUT to have "color" when there is no color anywhere sure is worth just about anything. It has taken mine two years to impress me and I suspect it will take my whole life time to resemble the one I fell in love with :)...

Good luck!!!...keep us posted :)

We bought a house with several large rose bushes. I was really intimidated by them at first. I just knew that I would kill them. Amazingly enough 5 years later they are doing just fine. I bought a really cool gardening book that told me how to take care of them and just about any other outdoor plant. It's an "Encyclopedia of Gardening". Amazon and Barnes & Noble say that it's out of print. I did find a copy on Ebay. The link is below. I can't recommend this book enough.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=11112

Just my two cents...
:) :+ :)
Sara
Mom to Rayce 02/09/02
Baby #2 due 01/05/04

[jal]

blnony,

I'm something of a rose grower. I've been trying to grow roses ever since I grew a pair of them over the summer before our wedding and presented them to my wife as our wedding gift.

My first suggestion is to forget about planting roses this time of year. You really need to wait until next spring. In the mean time, there is a lot you can start doing now to get ready for spring planting. RESEARCH

Buy some books on roses. Start with something like "Roses for Dummies". DON'T RELY ON ONLY ONE BOOK. There is no one way to do anything when it comes to growing (or even just planting) roses. The next book I'd suggest is the Rose book produced by Ortho. You should be able to find on at a place like Home Depot or Lowes, etc. It doesn't matter if its specifically the book by Ortho, any books on roses will do. You can also find lots of information on the internet ( here's a starting place http://www.ars.org/ ).

Starting sometime this fall, try to get some mail-order rose catalogs and mail-order bare-root roses. I tried http://www.edmundsroses.com/ for the first time this year and was very pleased. Order your roses early (no later than late January) to avoid the roses you've picked from being sold out. Expect the growers to wait and ship the plants when its the right time to start planting for your part of the country (Feb to Apr).

Thank you so much for the suggestions. I really appreciate it. I will wait until spring to plant, but in the meantime I will try to find some of the info.

Neve,
I love hydrageas too!! Love them. Paul's parents have some of the most beautiful ones at their home.
I'm mostly trying to start my planning right now. We have good grass and decorative bushes. But there isn't any COLOR!! I need some color. :)
Thanks for your suggestions. I think I'm going to go book researching and see what I find!

Whose the other great rose catalog...not "David Winter" but soemthing like that...Dave Winter is the cottages I think...but there is also a rose catalog (free in the mail) under a very similiar name. I have heard good things about his roses..."cha ching"...expensive...but good...
IF I remember I'll come back and edit this to say...

Brianna,

Charlotte's public library has the best video tape that teaches you all about growing roses. We just moved & I had to leave behind 6 beautiful rose bushes that I planted 4 years ago. I knew nothing about growing roses and just followed all the advice on the tape. It's called 'Growing Good Roses' and is put out by the Larkspur Co. I also think I got a video that the Mecklenburg Cooperative Extension did (also from the library), which wasn't as good but had some local advice regarding soils, etc.

Good Luck!

[alkagift]

Hey!
I love roses myself and I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that the best way to go are antique roses--and the best source I have found is Antique Rose Emporium. They have a website and you can order from them any time and have them delivered during the best season for your area. I've got all of mine from them because in the deep South where I live, roses can be a pain due to the humidity. All but one of mine bloom almost constantly with little or no spraying all summer. If you want long-stem roses for cut flowers and you live in a relatively dry area with a moderate climate, you can also order hybrids from Jackson Perkins. But, for carefree wonderful scent, antiques are the way to go.

Allison
Mom to Matthew Clayton, 5/19/03

I too am in the deep south, Arkansas. I may have to consult you once the time rolls around. :)
I found the book by Ortho today, and I haven't had a chance to look at it, but some practical advice is always wanted. Thanks so much.