Shrub Roses
UNL Extension Educator John Fech takes a look at what exactly makes a good shrub rose for your landscape.
Enfield's on the scent of great roses
Writer and broadcaster Edward Enfield may be best known for his entertaining observations on old age and travel and for being the father of comedian Harry Enfield, but he’s also an expert in the garden, particularly when it comes to roses.
With 50 years of gardening experience under his belt in the garden of the house he has lived in throughout that time, set in three-quarters of an acre in West Sussex, he now shares some of his horticultural experiences in his latest book, Growing To A Ripe Old Age.
For a while, he became obsessed with roses, he admits, joining the Royal National Rose Society (RNRS) and entering his roses in the Billingshurst Show.
“Roses can become an obsession, a mania, a disease, and I caught it. Some of the madder members (of the RNRS) refer to themselves by the fairly frightful sobriquet of ‘rosarians’, and while I never went as far as that, I went pretty far.
“I got all the society’s books and used to sit up late into the night with catalogues of roses, planning and re-planning beds of different shapes with roses of different combinations to go in different parts of the garden.”
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Roses at NYBG were rated on a scale of 1 to 10, and only repeat bloomers were considered for the list. The winner? Ta da! The light-pink shrub rose and more »
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Introductions for 2010 marry practicality and eye-popping color The new shrubs include some old-fashioned favorites with improved performance. Rose lovers have been spoiled by the Knockout shrub roses that combines |
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Conference spotlights pest, disease management Shrub roses also need five to six hours of full sun or they become lanky and need pruning. The top insect pests of roses are rose slugs and Japanese beetles |
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Ripping it all out & doing it may way Ripping it all out & doing it may wayBut then again, I wanted roses lining the driveway. Essentially all of plantings that were put in years ago except for three trees and one shrub are history |
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IN THE GARDEN: Plan now for summer garden of show-stopping roses Avoid cramming your roses into tight spaces, or planting them too close together. Hybrid teas tend to grow 2 to 3 feet wide; shrub roses typically spread 3 |
