April 06, 2007
Learn More About Roses
The rose is one of the best loved garden flowers not only here in Alabama but across the nation. I have several friends who are true rose lovers and committed rose gardeners. They lovingly tend their bushes regularly pruning, fertilizing and spraying them. I’m a lazier gardener so I’ve been slowly replacing my roses that require regular spraying to keep black spot at bay with more disease resistant varieties.
Today, there are more than 6,000 varieties, offering many forms, colors, and fragrances from spring until late fill. Roses can be as single specimen plants or in masses for an impressive color display. They may have useful places in borders, on trellises, and in cut-flower beds.
On Saturday, April 7, Dr. Raymond Kessler and I will continue our talk about roses on Backyard Wisdom, a brief radio show airing Saturdays at 2 p.m. on Troy Public Radio. We hope you will join us.
You can learn more about rose culture here from this Alabama Cooperative Extension System publication.