Care Basics

Annual Rose Care Calendar

January • February • March • April • May • June •
July/August • September • October •
November/December •
Fall Rose Care
 
Buying Roses • Planting Roses

Soil, Amendments and Fertilizers

The Real Dirt about Soil • Soil pH • What Your Roses Really Need • What are Fertilizers and What Do They Do? • Fertilizers – So Many Choices! • When and How to Fertilize • Amendments • Fertilizers – Too Little or Too Much • It’s Tea Time for Your Roses! • Food for Thought about Fertilizing Roses • Amendment, Mulch, or Fertilizer?

Watering

Water, Water, Precious Water • Keeping Roses Healthy in Drought • Irrigation and Drainage • Make Every Drop Count

Pruning

Pruning 101 • Pruning Tips •
Pruning Specific Types of Roses

Pests and Diseases

Pests

Aphids • Cane Borers • Caterpillars • Cucumber Beetles • Deer • Earwigs • Flea Beetles • Fruittree Leafrollers • Gophers • Katydids • Leafcutting Bees • Leafminers • Rose Curculios • Rose Leafhoppers • Rose Slugs • Scale • Spider Mites • Spittlebugs • Thrips • Weeds

Beneficials

Assassin Bugs • Birds • Dragonflies • Earthworms •
Garden Spiders • Green Lacewings • Ladybugs • Lizards •
Minute Pirate Bugs • Praying Mantids • Soldier Beetles •
Syrphid Flies • Toads

Diseases

The Big Three Rose Diseases • Anthracnose • Black Spot • Botrytis Blight • Crown Gall • Dieback • Downy Mildew • Powdery Mildew • Rose Mosaic Virus • Rust

Other Problems

Abiotic Problems • Chlorosis • Drought • Herbicide Damage • Phyllody • Rose Replant Disease • Rose Suckers • Spring Dwarf

Find Some Answers

What Bug is That? • What’s Bugging Your Roses? • Chewing Pests • Sucking Pests •
Cultural Care for Growing Great Roses • Less Toxic Pest Control • Support the Beneficials!