But before you turn the hose on your rose bush, check the soil moisture level. ... Use 2 to 3 inches of mulch material like wood chips, shredded bark, or pine needles.

Mulching is a breeze. Simply apply it around your rose bush. There are numerous options for materials like manure, compost, straw, or bark chips, but one combination stands out, according to Parker.

Roses bushes 'grow vigorously and flower well' when pruned at the 'best time' If you are after an abundant and beautiful rose bush come the summer, what are the steps you should take now?

Water rose bushes by sprinkler when more than two to three weeks go by without a soaking rain. Late September : Begin “de-petaling” spent blooms instead of snipping them off altogether.

I pruned the rose bush to about knee high in early spring, but the blooms tower over the bush. – Washington County A: I suggest you hard prune the plant this coming year.

Pruning climbing roses is very different from pruning bush roses. For one thing, we rarely cut them back hard the way we do bush roses. That would defeat the purpose of planting a climbing rose ...