Garden expert explains why waiting to prune winter jasmine and roses now can protect blooms and keep your plants healthier.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For this guide, we spoke to Nita-Jo Rountree, Seattle-based garden designer and author of Growing Roses ...

Shape the plant by cutting back any rangy stems at a 45-degree angle facing away from the bud. Prune it back enough to account for new growth that will likely add height and width in the upcoming ...

Close up of coral flowers of floribunda rose 'Coral Lions' Whenever we do a poll of gardeners’ favorite flowers, there is one that always comes in the top three – roses. They can live for decades, but ...

The broadcaster and long-time host of Gardeners' World often has a rule of thumb that can help avoid gardening disasters.

Find out when to prune Knock Out roses and how to make your cuts to keep your plants looking their best. Knock Out roses bloom for months and tolerate less-than-perfect growing conditions, so it's no ...

Roses are beautiful, and because of their majesty, they are the most popular flower of gardeners and nongardeners alike. It isn't a surprise roses, our national flower, are top sellers at nurseries ...

February into early March is prime pruning season for roses — and getting it right makes all the difference come summer.

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 ...

The Humboldt Rose Society hosted a timely rose pruning class at the Humboldt Botanical Garden today. For the Humboldt County area, mid-February is toward the end of the ideal window to prune roses.

Gardeners with roses in their gardens have been urged to carry out some key tasks on the plants in early March before spring ...

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 ...