5 SECRETS FOR SUCCESS

Expert tips and tricks to grow your best roses yet.

1Combine roses with other plants, including perennials, instead of isolating them. “Your garden should be an expression of what you want. There’s no recipe of what to do,” says Jacques Ferare, a vice president at Star Roses and Plants.

Shop for roses labeled “own root,” which means they were grown from their own cuttings. Own-root roses survive cold winters and produce shoots from their own roots, leading to fuller, healthier plants.

Choose newer varieties that have been bred to need less care.

4Find small sizes to grow in containers on a sunny patio or balcony. “They’ve been doing this in Europe for years,” says Natalia

Hamill of Bailey Nurseries.

Plant roses in full sun, where most of them bloom best—though you may find some that grow with as little as six hours of sun per day.