Fresno Gardening Green

Now that the holidays are behind us, many gardeners are turning their attention to the New Year and their high hopes for a bountiful backyard harvest.

Roses grow to different heights depending on the variety - from the lower landscape/shrub roses and floribundas to the taller hybrid tea and grandifloras. Keep this in mind when placing roses in your garden. Tasks Rainfall may not reach areas under eaves and overhangs.

Just roses Roses are planted bare root in January or February, and other rose tasks may be done this month. Tasks New roses of many varieties are featured in magazines and articles - or view them online. Look for those you like, select ones that are suitable for your area, and buy them bare root.

Happy New Year in the rose garden! I can't believe another year has come and gone. It feels like it sped by so quickly. It is finally winter here in the valley. It is not quite time to prune your roses. That will come in another month or so.

There have been many changes in the sources and availability of plants and transplants over the last five to ten years. Several economic downturns as well as the pandemic forced the closures of many independent, locally owned nurseries.