How Do You Buy The Perfect Rosebush?
A rose is a rose is a rose, until you come face to face with the thousands of different varieties on the market. Choose a rose to please your nose and eyes, but also make sure it suits your climate’s demands–whether you’re seeking a climber for an arbor or fence, a shrub rose for a flower garden, or a landscape rose for ground cover. Shop for bare-root roses from late fall to early spring depending on your climate. Dormant, leafless roses sold with roots bare of soil offer the broadest selection. Planting at the bare-root stage gets plants off to a great start and is the least expensive way to buy roses. Look for the best selection of bare-root roses in mail-order catalogs or on the Internet, but make sure you can get your money back if the plant is dead on arrival. Buy container-grown roses during their growing season (spring to fall, or year-round in mild-winter climates). These mature plants are more expensive, but will give the garden an established look much faster. See and smell
