Last week our tips focused on pruning hybrid tea and floribunda roses in coastal Southern California. Today we'll finish up with tips for pruning Old Garden Roses, shrub roses, standard or tree roses, and climbers. Don't forget to clean and sharpen your tools before you start — a clean cut is important. Let's start with... Continue Reading →
Tuesday’s Tips — Winter Pruning for Roses
Barbara: If you live in coastal Southern California it's time to prune your roses. Pruning shapes the plants and encourages healthy new growth by forcing a kind of dormancy on them. Since we don't have the cold temperatures to put our roses to "sleep", we have to make them take a rest by pruning them... Continue Reading →
Tuesday’s Tips — Winter Tree Pruning
"Wait, you say, it's Thursday. WTH?!" Well, it's simple really. As we mentioned on Tuesday we wanted to do a post on winter pruning, but didn't have the time to do it justice. So here is Tuesday's post two days late — or two days better depending on your perspective. First of all let us... Continue Reading →
Bees and Chicks 