Crystal asked me what's wrong with the roses at her new home. It's a wonderful old place with extensive gardens where two plants have her baffled. The roses aren't blooming, she says, and they don't ...

I first heard about Fortuniana rootstock a few years ago at a rose society meeting. The presenter, master rosarian Dona Martin, told us that rose plants grafted on Fortuniana rootstock grow larger ...

Q:I think I have a miracle rose. For some years it has bloomed a lovely creamy white. This year, there are also red roses on my plant. Why would this be happening? A: If you consider the grafting of ...

I have an Austrian copper rose bush and this year a long branch came out from it that is red, like a Paul scarlet climber. Is it possible that this was a grafted rose and this was its original rose?

Much has been said and written about rose rootstocks. There are a number of schools of thought and adamant beliefs and disbeliefs on the subject. After more than a half-century of research and ...

In clonal rose rootstocks the effect of 24 months micropropagation on the subsequent performance of softwood cuttings was studied. Stock plants of six genotypes, raised by micropropagation ('vitro') ...

Roses can have as few as four petals or up to more than 100 petals. Single: a bloom with four to eight petals. Semi-double: a bloom, still showing stamens, that has between nine and 16 petals. Double: ...

In a classic case of bad timing, roses have slipped from their perch as America’s favorite landscape plant. In our hectic, time-starved lives, roses are a symbol of something beautiful that requires ...