Fragrant Summer Flowers
February 27, 2025 10:10 amA garden is not only about sight but also about scent. The best fragrant plants perform their magic in summertime.…
Sunset Shades and Lazy Days
January 26, 2023 2:39 pmDavid Austin (1926 – 2018) was considered one the great rose breeders in the world and his legacy lives on…
Rose Tasks For December
December 13, 2022 3:53 pmIf you need help with your roses, here is a quick guide of tasks you can do to take care…
Potted Mini Roses
November 22, 2022 3:59 pmA potted rose has many uses – it can make a lovely gift and can spruce up a patio or…
Roses For Containers
October 10, 2022 1:22 pmContainers have become a defining feature of our garden space, no longer just an afterthought for accommodating yet another impulse…
Pruning Roses
July 12, 2022 3:36 pmRose fundi Ludwig Taschner has many years’ experience with growing roses, so we know that when it comes to pruning…
Our Top 10 Roses
February 22, 2022 2:49 pmThere are over 150 rose species and thousands of hybrids, so compiling our Top 10 Roses is something of a…
Companion Plants for Roses
November 22, 2021 11:36 amCompanion plants for roses need to be carefully picked for success. These days rose bushes are often incorporated into flower…
Quick and Easy Rose Pruning – 5 Easy Steps
July 12, 2021 12:52 pmRose pruning is a task that can instil fear in a gardener. However, as Ludwig Taschner says, “You can’t do…
Garden Structures: pergolas, arbours and gazebos
May 17, 2021 2:33 pmGarden structures outside your house can enhance the look of the garden by making it more appealing and professionally finished.…
The War of the Roses
April 20, 2021 9:59 amThe ‘Iceberg’ roses in this marvellous garden have a story to tell. Gardeners are interesting people and their priorities usually…
Container Roses
October 29, 2019 3:26 pmGetting the best from container roses. With the right care, roses thrive in containers and can be the best option…
7 Summer Roses
October 3, 2019 12:16 pmWith our strong summer sun, the summer roses that show up best and hold their colour are those with blooms…
Trimming and Training Roses
August 1, 2019 7:07 amGet your climbers looking good, and your garden off to a good spring start with some good old fashion trimming…
Pruning roses for better blooms
July 2, 2019 3:18 pmWhat do you expect from your roses? Do you want large, perfect blooms for picking or do you prefer masses…
Pink Knock Out® Rose
May 7, 2019 2:32 pmThe Knock Out® Rose is a sure win in any garden. This plant flowers continuously, producing beautiful medium pink flowers…
End of the Season Rose Care
May 2, 2019 9:51 amBy May the rose season is almost at an end and you can look back with satisfaction (or score the…
9 Proudly South African Roses
April 10, 2019 9:47 amSouth African roses are amongst the most beautiful in the world. For many years we have had the ‘Madiba’ rose…
Keep going through winter
March 4, 2019 10:13 amHow to Keep up the Flower Power Now that winter has become milder, it’s possible for roses to flower all…
Forever beautiful
January 9, 2019 10:11 amGet the Look for your Rose Garden There are so many times when roses evoke a ‘wow’ from us! This…
Mini Rose Garden
February 16, 2018 9:10 amIt takes less than 30 minutes to create a mini rose garden using one patio rose in bloom and two…
Rosa banksiae
November 20, 2017 3:37 pmYellow Banksian Rose ‘Lutea’ The Banksiae Rose is a garden favourite around the globe. It originates in West and Central…
Rosa ‘White Iceberg’
January 18, 2016 8:55 amA gardening book that discusses bestsellers and favourites would be incomplete if it did not include the iconic White Iceberg…
The Kindest Cut – Roses
January 18, 2016 6:49 amThis beautiful display of roses is one of the rewards of winter pruning, along with good soil enrichment, watering and…
Rose Strategies – Be water wise
January 14, 2016 9:39 amMany gardeners wishing to include roses in their borders might be concerned about whether they are appropriate for a water…
Red Roses – Rosa Hot Point Spire (BARhop)
January 14, 2016 8:50 amRed roses are associated with Valentine’s Day and this Spire rose grows into a stately 2,5m high specimen that produces…
Repotting and Transplanting Roses
October 13, 2015 12:24 pmRoses don’t need to be re-potted that frequently because they have the ability to regenerate themselves. In winter the many…
Laying the foundation for the Autumn flush
August 17, 2015 8:33 amNow is the time to prepare your roses for the autumn flush. Rose growers all look forward to the autumn…
Down Many Garden Paths
June 1, 2015 6:55 amIn the Garden with Anna Recently, while visiting open gardens and garden shows, and judging gardening competitions, I met up…
Rosa ‘Brilliant Pink Iceberg’
August 21, 2014 7:16 pmBrilliant Pink Iceberg flowers abundantly, producing half-double blooms in surprisingly vivid tones of dark pink to white. The flowers have…
Burgundy Iceberg
August 21, 2014 10:39 amBurgundy Icebergs are beautiful, eye-catching roses worth planting en masse. Masses of velvety, generally wine-red flowers with a very delicate…
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