Bare-root roses for beginners

Here’s how to have fabulous, floriferous blooms all summer and autumn

It took me a while to love roses as a plant. I had always admired the flowers in the kind of knee-jerk way that most of us love sunsets or the song of a blackbird, but I had no feeling for them as pla

Get these flowers in prime condition now for a super summer display

Add drama to your garden with potted exotics. Soak the plant, in its original pot, in some not-too-cold water. Then move the new, empty, pot into position; this saves you doing so when it’s full of he

It’s a hugely rewarding pursuit and not as complicated as some people fear

When summer beckons, it is answered by a chorus of glorious roses that fill an enchanting Isle of Wight garden, created from scratch by Derek and Louise Ness