![]() Those garden royalty just seem to attract the love. Still need help or encouragement? There are plenty of rose workshops happening this month in Southern California. It’s quite the task - it takes five weeks to prune them all - but visitors are rewarded each year with a blanket of color and a sea of fragrance. It’s time to be bold, said Carruth, who helps oversee 1,215 rose varieties and 2,500 plants at the Huntington. So collect as many rose petals as you can, dry them out and make your own potpourri. Remember when that rose bush stuck you in the thumb, now is the time to get even,” he said with a laugh. Just look at your garden’s roses: They’re still blooming in January.īut Carruth said you have to look beyond the beauty of now and anticipate the beauty-to-come in the spring. Last year’s rains brought a bumper crop of roses (and most other plants), but Southern California is bone dry and that’s causing havoc in most gardens. N Above all, try to keep branches balanced and the centers open. N Remove all leaves to guard against disease. Take out canes in the middle of the plant to form a “V” shape. Then remove all little small twiggy growth and dead/diseased canes. N Cut off the top 1/3 of the rose to see how it grew. So put on sturdy gloves, grab a pair of pruning shears or long-handled lopping shears, and head out to the yard. The middle of this month is ideal for pruning, according to Tom Carruth, expert and curator of the rose collection at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif. It’s just about time to snip here and shape there so that come spring, they’ll take center-stage. But they need help to stay pretty just like most divas. So cultivating them shouldn’t be a thorn your side. Most opt for hybrid tea roses, floribundas or shrub (landscape) varieties. And there seems to be a rose for every garden: climbers that wind their way up trellises and arbors, miniatures for containers, long-stemmed beauties for bouquets. They’re a pretty hardy bunch of flowers worthy of lots of love. ![]() More profuse blooming.Don’t be fooled by their dainty appearance and intoxicating scent. This very important “beauty regiment” in the bag, you will mostĬertainly reap the rewards of encouraging a healthier rose bush with
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