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&Q last week.  They are labelled 'Fragrant Rose 'Snow White', says grows to around 80cm max with 60 cm max width.  I wanted to see what this rose looks like when mature but haven't been able to find it anywhere - though of course I could easily have missed

Hello everyone. I am a newbie who grows house plants and have, so far, had great success and passed many cuttings on to friends and family. Recently, I saw a nice miniature rose in a supermarket and bought it. It is healthy and its daily growth

these two are a real faeture in the garden. One is now bigger than the other as it was damaged by snow last winter. Any advice? Cetti Hello Cetti, You'll need to prune your roses to make sure that they grow healthily this summer. A standard rose is pruned

, good idea. There is one in France called Martin des Senteurs . It is a lovely rose with a very strong fragrance.  It is availale from Jacques Briant but I don't know if they will send to England.  Their web site www.jacques-briant.com I grow roses

in a frost free environment - could you confirm this is so?  Also any further advice on keeping them 'safe' would be welcome.   I have little knowledge of growing or caring for roses. Thank you. Sounds like potential drowning. How about pots of compost

. The World's oldest Rose Bush is at least 1,500yrs old and grows alongside Hildesheim Cathedral. My own garden has 73 roses and I expect them all to outlive me. Provided the soil is good and well composted, the bushes are correctly pruned, fed and watered

Hi   Can anyone help us please?  We have a Peace Hybrid Tea which is 3 years old, it is healthy with good foliage but refuses to flower.  It grows to approx 5ft, with very upright growth but just don't get any blooms.  Our other roses are all fine

, there are a rather large amount of mature plants which have been left to grow and grow without any TLC. Which brings me to a climbing rose which is sited on a south facing fence. It has clearly had some pruning over the years, but this is a mature rose

- they grow and branch not unlike miniature trees - over the last few years I have simply pruned out any branches less than pencil thickness when I prune in January - pruning Penelope too hard will result in a less elegant shape. Higgy: A good thornless rose

Can anybody help my wife.  She has a climbing rose,pictured above, which has got way out of control, and she is at a loss as how to prune it.  All the books she has read tell her to cut right back to just above a bud, or growing point. The trouble