Rose Pruning Masterclass – with a little help from my friends….

Two pieces here, very wordy (though by no means not all my words) first from the RHS Magazine, followed by a wander through their Pruning and Training Book. Quite a lot that you might need to know about pruning summer-flowering and repeat-flowering Old Roses, what I still call Hybrid Teas and Floribunda roses, Climbers and…

Train Vintage Roses with Old-Fashioned Style…

The Telegraph 3:00PM GMT 17 Mar 2010 Train Vintage Roses with old-fashioned style By Bunny Guinness Vintage or old-fashioned roses are highly evocative. Their very names - Damask, Musk, Gallicas - are redolent of the age of cucumber sandwiches on the lawn, trysts in bowers and tennis parties. All the things we no longer have…