Rose Care FUNdamentals for August

The weather this past month has been unusually mild. Many of your rose bushes may still be flush with blooms – mine are, although some of them have experienced sun and heat damage from the blast a week or two ago.

This month could still bring back the blast-furnace that we’ve all come to know and love (ha!), so it’s important to allow our roses to enter a short summer dormant period.

It’s easy. Don’t prune or feed during the month of August. This will prevent the roses from putting on tender new growth. We can remove the petals of spent blossoms – leaving the hips on the stems. Thi...