Resources

Companion Plants For Roses

Interspersing your rose garden with a variety of perennials and annuals brings visual interest through colour, texture, height and bloom times. Companions can be also chosen for their beneficial attributes...

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Why Our Online Store For Bare Root Roses Is Closed Until Mid-Fall

If you've landed on this page wondering where our shop went, you're in the right place. We'll explain exactly why we close seasonally, what's happening at the nursery while ordering...

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What Is Your Rose Garden Fertilizing Philosophy?

Roses draw a lot of nutrients from the soil in order to produce that gorgeous foliage and those beautiful blooms year after year. Like all growing things, they need good...

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Spring Pruning Guide For Roses

Spring Pruning After a winter of snow and cold, the warmth, sunshine, and those first early blooms have a way of calling us outside that is simply hard to resist....

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Care For Your Bare Root Mail Order Roses Upon Arrival

There's something exciting about opening a box of roses. You're holding something alive, something that has been carefully tended, packaged, and sent on a journey to reach your garden. After...

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Understanding Growing Zones

Hardiness zone maps are a helpful tool gardeners use to choose plants that are well suited to their climate. Zones are based on factors like minimum winter temperatures, frost-free days,...

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All About Dead-Heading Roses

Dead-heading is the process of removing spent blooms to encourage new growth and more flowers. After each flush of roses, prune the spent flower head just above the first set...

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Grafted Rose Benefits

We specialize in Canadian-grown grafted roses. Grafting is an old and instrumental part of horticulture’s history and continued success. From grape vines and fruit trees to lilacs, Japanese maples, evergreens...

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First Season Care For Your Bare Root Rose

There's nothing quite like the first season with your new rose! When those warm spring days finally arrive and the sun coaxes your plant out of its winter nap, magic...

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