The Zen of Rose Pruning
(February 2010)
I am not a rose expert. Truthfully, I have never been a huge fan of roses. However, I think I may actually owe my current passion for gardening to the three shrub roses that adorn my front yard.
The roses weren’t my idea. They were suggested by someone who was helping us with the yard after we first moved to this house. I was at that time a garden newbie and very overwhelmed with two toddlers and a new, old house, both of which took up most of my waking (and “sleeping”) hours. For the first few years these three shrubs got pretty much no attention other than an occasional watering. It wasn’t until both my children were in school for at least part of the day that I opened my eyes and realized I had growing things in my yard.