There are a few factors to consider if you want your roses to flourish. Roses need at least six hours of direct sunlight daily, ideally morning sun. Some shade is beneficial if it's extremely hot.

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Our previous column included notes on pruning and propagating roses, and beginning a project to add roses, by first identifying sites where roses would grow ...

Gardeners are enjoying a proliferation of roses that can be used as ground-cover plants, and these roses are as lovely as they are useful. Who could say no to a relatively carefree shrub that flowers ...