Yesterday was a milestone day in our family's newfound love affair with roses: my favourite son Ben and I spent four wonderful hours...

Flower Carpet Scarlet - apparently an "ideal rose for hanging baskets!" It's mid-May - and unseasonably chilly here on Canada's...

Barely four short weeks ago, I planted my first four Drift® roses (one each in red, coral, apricot and pink) out on my small balcony....

Roses on a sunny patio in Greece: who says you can't grow roses in pots? So far, my four bare-root Drift® bare-root roses are nicely...

I blame my favourite (and only) son Ben for my recent infatuation with growing roses out on my balcony. It's all his doing. Ben and I at...

One of the first things I learned in 1972 (when I was just a tiny baby!) after moving to Canada's beautiful west coast was this:...

Yesterday was THE DAY, a damp yet mild west coast morning out on the balcony. I pulled on my green gardening gloves, my ancient red...

Which is better? Buying a rose growing in a pot, or choosing a bare root rose (basically a clump of roots with a few short straight sticks?

I was bitten last summer by the Rose Bug - and in one lovely afternoon of browsing the Russell Nursery full-colour rose catalogue with...

My only experience with choosing and planting a new rose (as opposed to moving into a home that already had roses in the garden) was back...