Crystal asked me what's wrong with the roses at her new home. It's a wonderful old place with extensive gardens where two plants have her baffled. The roses aren't blooming, she says, and they don't ...

I first heard about Fortuniana rootstock a few years ago at a rose society meeting. The presenter, master rosarian Dona Martin, told us that rose plants grafted on Fortuniana rootstock grow larger ...

Q:I think I have a miracle rose. For some years it has bloomed a lovely creamy white. This year, there are also red roses on my plant. Why would this be happening? A: If you consider the grafting of ...

Much has been said and written about rose rootstocks. There are a number of schools of thought and adamant beliefs and disbeliefs on the subject. After more than a half-century of research and ...

I have an Austrian copper rose bush and this year a long branch came out from it that is red, like a Paul scarlet climber. Is it possible that this was a grafted rose and this was its original rose?

Next time you buy a rose, look at the bulge low on the stem. It may not seem like much, but this lump, known as the graft union, tells a story. Almost every rose sold in the UK is grafted; breeders ...

Roses can have as few as four petals or up to more than 100 petals. Single: a bloom with four to eight petals. Semi-double: a bloom, still showing stamens, that has between nine and 16 petals. Double: ...

Sophie hits the road and heads to rosier pastures – the Wagner’s Rose Nursery in Kalangadoo, South Australia, to see just what is involved in growing and selling this most beloved of plants. Brian ...