With temperatures already feeling like spring, now is the time to take advantage of the vast selection of “bare-root” plants, specifically roses, in honor of Valentine’s Day. Why buy cut roses that ...

Now is the time to buy and plant bare-root roses. For years, my favorite roses have included David Austin types because they are more like the old-fashioned roses with lots of smell and few disease ...

I see bare-root roses in nurseries. Do you have suggestions of what to buy and planting instructions? — Joanne F., Arroyo Grande This is a good time of year to buy dormant roses, sold as bare root.

CORNISH FLAT, N.H. Roses have a certain mystique. Guys proposing marriage or trying to get out of the dog house traditionally buy roses. For me, long stem roses, which are expensive and generally ...

Bare-root is exactly what it sounds like: the roots are bare of soil. December through February is the time to plant bare-root in the greater Sacramento region. Many dormant plants come as bare-root, ...

Baldo Villegas grows close to 3,500 rose bushes in his Orangevale garden. Now is the time to get planting if you want to add roses to your garden collection. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com ...

We moved to our Wiltshire cottage two years ago this November and, at the time, the front garden was overgrown with shrubs. However, among them I counted — with glee — 15 mature roses. Come spring, my ...