Roses: the many faces of beauty

Roses are one of the most popular garden flowers in America. They can be grown anywhere.

Roses have 2 main categories. There are bush roses and the climbing rose varieties. They are classified by their growth characteristics. It’s pretty descriptive. The best suggestion for picking which roses to plant is If you have limited ground space pick the climbing variety. With a wider ground area to plant, the bush variety is best.

The are many variety of roses to chose from. Many people like the miniatures. They are considered the fairy princess of rosedom.

Bush roses are grouped according to the flowering habits, hardiness and other characteristics. Bush roses varieties are : hybrid tea roses, floribunda,grandiflora,polythana, hybrid perpetual,shrub old fashioned, and miniature.

Climbing varieties are:ramblers, large flowered climbers,everblooming climbers,crimping hybrid teas climbing polyanthas.

To get the complete PDF download at .50 click here. (32 pages)The full Jerry Baker booklet called “Roses” is a professional guide to caring for your roses.