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A lot of roses are being ordered this week. Getting roses is a wonderful treat, especially in winter. Maybe it’s got you thinking about ordering a few rose bushes?

We all know that roses aren’t a holiday treat for gardeners. Every garden should have at least one rose bush. And if it can be an old fashioned fragrant rose bush, all the better. Here are my Top 10 Great Roses for Fragrance, to add to your garden.

Read more:

• Roses for Fragrance
• Roses for Partial Shade
• Best Hybrid Tea Roses
• 2010 All America Rose Selections

Photo of ‘Easy Does It’ Rose Provided by AARS

Stop and Smell the Roses originally appeared on About.com Gardening on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 01:30:18.

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Despite a gardener’s best efforts, roses can often become infected with fungus diseases. Luckily, few fungus problems will kill your rose bush and most can be handled with low toxicity and minimal effort. Here are the top four rose diseases and how to handle them.

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Rose hips are the seed pods of roses. We don’t often see them anymore, because we tend to prune the faded rose blossoms to encourage more flowers. However if you leave the spent flowers on the rose bush at the end of the season, you should see these small, berry-sized, reddish seed balls, left on tips of the stems. Rose hips are actually very ornamental and birds enjoy them too. They are also edible and a good source of vitamin C. Here’s how to harvest and use your rose hips.

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The English Rose is a gorgeous distillation of David Austin’s English Roses, which has sold 150,000 copies in four years. Showcasing seventy varieties of the “English Rose” he has spent his life hybridizing from traditional and modern roses, Austin reveals the secrets of its development. These garden favorites combine the full-flowered look and intense fragrance of old roses with the hardiness, disease resistance, and repeat-bloom performance of hybrid teas and other modern varieties. Included are a brief history of roses through the centuries, practical growing tips and garden-planning advice, and a resource list for English Roses. Color photographs evoke the beauty of each bloom, with captions summarizing characteristics such as size, growing habits, and the height and width of the rose bush.

Ardent gardeners will snap this up for themselves or as a small and sumptuous gift. Where else could one find so much beauty in such a petite, affordable package?

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Rose hips are the seed pods of roses. We don’t often see them anymore, because we tend to prune the faded rose blossoms to encourage more flowers. However if you leave the spent flowers on the rose bush at the end of the season, you should see these small, berry-sized, reddish seed balls, left on tips of the stems. Rose hips are actually very ornamental and birds enjoy them too. They are also edible and a good source of vitamin C. Here’s how to harvest and use your rose hips.

Original post

Despite a gardener’s best efforts, roses can often become infected with fungus diseases. Luckily, few fungus problems will kill your rose bush and most can be handled with low toxicity and minimal effort. Here are the top four rose diseases and how to handle them.

Original post

Rose hips are the seed pods of roses. We don’t often see them anymore, because we tend to prune the faded rose blossoms to encourage more flowers. However if you leave the spent flowers on the rose bush at the end of the season, you should see these small, berry-sized, reddish seed balls, left on tips of the stems. Rose hips are actually very ornamental and birds enjoy them too. They are also edible and a good source of vitamin C. Here’s how to harvest and use your rose hips.

Original post

Despite a gardener’s best efforts, roses can often become infected with fungus diseases. Luckily, few fungus problems will kill your rose bush and most can be handled with low toxicity and minimal effort. Here are the top four rose diseases and how to handle them.

Original post

The English Rose is a gorgeous distillation of David Austin’s English Roses, which has sold 150,000 copies in four years. Showcasing seventy varieties of the “English Rose” he has spent his life hybridizing from traditional and modern roses, Austin reveals the secrets of its development. These garden favorites combine the full-flowered look and intense fragrance of old roses with the hardiness, disease resistance, and repeat-bloom performance of hybrid teas and other modern varieties. Included are a brief history of roses through the centuries, practical growing tips and garden-planning advice, and a resource list for English Roses. Color photographs evoke the beauty of each bloom, with captions summarizing characteristics such as size, growing habits, and the height and width of the rose bush.

Ardent gardeners will snap this up for themselves or as a small and sumptuous gift. Where else could one find so much beauty in such a petite, affordable package?

Visit merchant here…

The English Rose is a gorgeous distillation of David Austin’s English Roses, which has sold 150,000 copies in four years. Showcasing seventy varieties of the “English Rose” he has spent his life hybridizing from traditional and modern roses, Austin reveals the secrets of its development. These garden favorites combine the full-flowered look and intense fragrance of old roses with the hardiness, disease resistance, and repeat-bloom performance of hybrid teas and other modern varieties. Included are a brief history of roses through the centuries, practical growing tips and garden-planning advice, and a resource list for English Roses. Color photographs evoke the beauty of each bloom, with captions summarizing characteristics such as size, growing habits, and the height and width of the rose bush.

Ardent gardeners will snap this up for themselves or as a small and sumptuous gift. Where else could one find so much beauty in such a petite, affordable package?

Visit merchant here…