How to plant a bare-root rose

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

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

The path from tiny seedling to brand-new rose was a thorny one for the bloom crowned ‘The King’s Rose’ in 2025. Sharon Amos takes up the story

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

Start deadheading the flowers in hanging baskets as soon as they fade. Snip them off at the base of the flower stem. This keeps them producing more flowers right through the summer, providing you reme