If you've spent any time gardening, then you've likely heard of the term "pruning" before. This beneficial garden maintenance task is imperative for keeping your beautiful, hard-earned rose bush alive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark de Leeuw / Getty Images Pruning is an essential aspect of caring for roses. Unlike lower-maintenance shrubs such as hydrangea ...

In this video we start in the late winter and begin by preparing our roses. I show the easiest to follow pruning techniques that can be accomplished in late winter or early spring to create a lovely ...

Heavier pruning of roses is usually done in late winter or early spring, when the plant is dormant. However, lightly pruning roses in summer is also beneficial to help manage disease, encourage more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pruning serves a greater purpose than just shaping or tidying up your rose bush. It is important for promoting robust growth, ...

I learned to prune with a Sunset manual in one hand and pruning shears in the other. I wanted my roses to look just like the pictures. But the more I gardened, the more I realized that not everything ...

The annual rose pruning workshop is happening tomorrow, Saturday, at the Woodland Park Rose Garden. Hosted by the Seattle Rose Society, the demo event helps rose growers learn the proper way to prune ...

Pruning climbing roses is very different from pruning bush roses. For one thing, we rarely cut them back hard the way we do bush roses. That would defeat the purpose of planting a climbing rose — to ...

The rose has once again been voted the world’s favorite flower, and not just for Valetine’s Day bouquets. Rose bushes are an unmatched feature in landscapes and perennial flowerbeds, and with the ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. I need some advice on pruning a climbing rose trained on a wrought iron ...