With all types of flowering plants available at local garden centers, rose plants are a natural favorite. If well cared for, roses in our area can bloom all year long. Most roses are not necessarily care-free, but with some prudent selection ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
Due to several unique challenges home gardeners and nursery owners are often baffled when trying to incorporate roses into landscapes. Consequently, they ignore roses altogether or limit themselves to cultivars in the knockout or drift series. ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
I heard about a dangerous rose disease. How would I know if my roses have gotten it? The worst rose disease is called Rose Rosette Disease, which is a virus that is spread by the eriophyid mite. Though we have plenty of those unusual 4- legged ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension,
Sources say that it is believed that roses have been in cultivation for nearly 5,000 years. In a group that comprises 150 species that are spread throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Many poets and artists have used the rose as a source of ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
What's your favorite kind of rose? On this past episode of the Gardener's Hotline, join host and UF/IFAS Commercial Horticulture Extension Agent, Karen Stauderman and her special guest Mark Nelson, owner of O.F. Nelson & Sons Nursery, Inc. ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture,
A Not So Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett’s Secret Garden fills its readers with wisdom, much of it, more so about life than gardening. The final chapter of the book states, “Much more surprising things can happen to anyone who, when ... READ MORE
Category: Clubs & Volunteers
Rain, heat, and humidity generally aren’t the greatest growing conditions for roses. The hybrid teas that look stunning in a garden up north turn into leafless twigs in a Central Florida summer without regular fungicide use. Is it even worth ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
By Ralph E. Mitchell Many gardeners attempt to make roses a staple flowering shrub in their landscapes. The key to success is selection. Don’t get me wrong - roses can be challenging! However, if well cared for, roses in our area can ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
Wednesday, February 5 Nassau County Master Gardener Volunteers Shirley Lohman and Lynn West will conduct a Landscape Matters class about roses. The class will include a pruning demonstration, and discussion of diseases, remedies, irrigation, ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
A free lecture on Maintenance and Care of Roses in the Garden is being offered as part of the 6th installment of the Garden Talks Series hosted by the Acreage Branch Library. The public is invited to attend this educational opportunity. The ... READ MORE
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