Various Shrub Roses
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to care for and remarkably attractive.
Prune shrub roses in late winter or very early spring. For a more
restrained form, cut them back to about 2-feet. Otherwise, many
varieties will truly grow in to good sized shrubs.
Most shrub roses perform best with a minimum of six hours of sun, in
a well-drained soil with monthly feedings March through August.
Shrub roses grow pretty much disease and insect free.
However, they lack the large showy flowers characteristic of the
hybrids. The flowers are smaller (though plentiful) and they will take up
some room in your lawn.
Shrub Roses are useful as specimens
in shrubberies or as medium to tall
hedges. Many shrub rose varieties
serve as excellent porch borders.
Prune shrub roses in late winter or very early spring. For a more
restrained form, cut them back to about 2-feet. Otherwise, many
varieties will truly grow in to good sized shrubs.
Most shrub roses perform best with a minimum of six hours of sun, in
a well-drained soil with monthly feedings March through August.
Shrub roses grow pretty much disease and insect free.
However, they lack the large showy flowers characteristic of the
hybrids. The flowers are smaller (though plentiful) and they will take up
some room in your lawn.
