Plant bare-root stock as soon as possible after the purchase. Before planting, check roots. If dry, soak in water for an hour or until moist. If necessary, prune before planting. Remove any damaged or ...

Now is the time to buy and plant bare-root roses. For years, my favorite roses have included David Austin types because they are more like the old-fashioned roses with lots of smell and few disease ...

When it comes to gardening, we can count on Martha Stewart to always provide us with sound advice and fantastic tips, and this stands true for bare-root roses. The gardening expert recently shared a ...

This is a busy month for the rose gardener. One of the most exciting activities is the selection of new roses for the garden. Choosing the right rose involves picking the color, fragrance and bloom ...

Planting bare-root roses in autumn is the secret to beautiful blooms next year. An easy (and cheaper) alternative to potted roses, bare-root roses tend to establish more quickly in the garden, often ...

Bare-root roses are now ready to plant for a riot of colour next year. Hannah Stephenson offers a step-by-step guide to planting them. Bare-root roses may not look as pretty as the traditional ...

For Mother’s Day I was sent a bare-root rose bush. I put it into water in a pail. A week later I planted it. Now the thorns are all black and the buds are getting dried up. I have been watering it ...

With temperatures already feeling like spring, now is the time to take advantage of the vast selection of “bare-root” plants, specifically roses, in honor of Valentine’s Day. Why buy cut roses that ...

The earth is soft, thanks to more rain, and is perfect for planting bare root roses, which are plentiful in nurseries now. It's the best time of year to plant roses, although the plants are available ...

There they sit. Your dreams of a glorious rose garden resting on a few thorny sticks – pruned, leafless, severed at the roots and packed in wet sand or worse, a cardboard box. Here we are at the ...