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It’s late summer and the time to think about pruning roses. Many gardeners get confused about how and when to prune their roses, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. The timing is not arbitrary. We ...

I notice that when I go to cut off the dead flowers on my rose bushes, some of the past blooms have grown a ball shape below the faded flower. I wondered what they were and if I should really be ...

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These are some of the biggest, showiest annual flowers you’ll find — two sister lines of begonias from Sakata Ornamentals that bloom all summer on bushy plants that can reach three feet tall and wide.

A few simple jobs now will keep your roses healthy, encourage repeat blooms and set them up for next year ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Fully bloomed azaleas are ...

In the world of roses, there are thousands of hybrid varieties. As far as this particular flower, it's quite old; dating back to the late 18th century.