If you are a rose person (and you know who you are), roses are not only the centerpiece of your garden but are the plant that commands most of your attention. I’m not a rose person, if you can’t tell.

If you haven't pruned your roses yet, it's not too late, but do it soon or flowering could be delayed. Pruning your rose results in improved air circulation and greater sunlight exposure, both which ...

Roses do not have thorns; they have prickles. But there ARE “thorns” in the rose garden. Their names are botrytis, black spot, rust, downy mildew, anthracnose and cerospora leaf spot. They are all ...

Over time, the infection can spread.

A rose at the New York Botanical Garden; some varieties grow naturally “thornless.” Jack Satterlee, a postdoc in CSHL’s Lippman lab, turned to the Botanical Garden for help procuring rare plant ...