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Five ways to grow better roses

By Gardeners' World on 20/10/2011 13:31:05

Coaxing roses to produce a spectacular floral display is easy, if you follow a few simple rules. Learn more about deadheading, pruning, feeding and staking your roses, below.With a bit of care and attention, you can encourage your roses to flower


How to prune a rambling rose

By Gardeners' World on 20/07/2011 16:27:49

Most rambling roses only flower once during the season which means that they can be pruned as soon as they've finished flowering. Cutting out the flowered stems makes space for vigorous new shoots which grow from the base of the plant. These can


How to prune a shrub rose

By Gardeners' World on 20/07/2011 16:29:06

Follow Monty Don's video advice on pruning shrub roses, including techniques that will keep fungal infection and viruses at bay, while encouraging flowering stems.springMore advice on growing rosesPlanting a rosePlanting a rambling rose against a


How to plant a bare-root rose

By Gardeners' World on 20/07/2011 16:20:19

Planting bare-root roses during the dormant season allows the plants to establish quickly because this is when the soil is moist. Bare root plants are available to buy in winter and are more economical than planting pot-grown roses if you need lots


Hybrid musk roses

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 12/09/2011 17:36:15

Please allow me to introduce you to Rosa 'Penelope'. You may have met her before or, if not her, then possibly one of her equally gorgeous sisters. They are all varieties of hybrid musk rose, most of which were bred by a remarkable fellow called Rev


Growing sweet peas

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 20/06/2011 17:47:30

The sweet pea is a British favourite; not quite as popular as the rose but definitely up there in the top five. However, while there are numerous songs and poems about roses, the poets and wandering minstrels have been a bit sluggish when it comes


Broughton Castle

By on 11/04/2013 12:23:18

646Banbury, Oxfordshire01295 276 070www.broughtoncastle.comOX15 5EBOpen 1 May-15 Sep, Wed, Sun & bank hol Mon, 2-5pm, plus Thu in Jul & Aug. Adults £8 (£4 garden only), OAPs £7 (£4 garden only), children (5-15) £4. Card valid for whole property.parking,toilets,part-disabled,refre...


Beech Court Gardens

By on 11/04/2013 12:23:15

641Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent01233 740 735www.beechcourtgardens.co.ukTN25 4DJOpen 30 Mar-31 Oct, Sat-Thu, 10.30am-5.30pm. Adults £5, OAPs £4.50, children (5-16) £1. Single discount with card: 50p.parking,toilets,full-disabled,plants,refreshments,picnic,food-drink,sh...


Leafcutter bees

By Pippa Greenwood on 23/10/2008 11:35:41

I always get a real thrill when I find the telltale marks of the leafcutter bee on the leaves of my roses and wisteria. Sometimes I catch them in action, cutting out a circle of leaf, or flying around carrying it. It doesn't bother me to find plants


No fly zone

By Richard Jones on 31/10/2007 09:16:49

On Saturday I turned over a rose leaf that appeared to be stuck up with a mass of silky threads to reveal a bizarre furry blob - the wingless female of the vapourer moth, Orgyia antiqua. Well, she's not completely wingless, she has tiny vestigial


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