Lavender, with its aromatic blooms and versatility, thrives under simple yet effective care. Jason from Fraser Valley Rose Farm shares expert tips on deadheading, planting, and maintaining lavender, ensuring vibrant growth and multiple blooms throughout the season.
Learn how to approach fall and winter rose pruning with expert guidance. Discover timing strategies, essential techniques to safeguard your roses, and tips for minimizing winter damage while preparing your garden for a healthy spring season.
Botrytis cinerea, a common fungal pathogen, affects roses and other plants in damp, cool conditions. While primarily cosmetic, it causes speckles, bloom balling, and gray mold. Learn practical tips to minimize its impact and keep your garden thriving.
Deadheading is one of those gardening tasks that can feel tedious, especially if you have a lot of plants in bloom. But as Jason from Fraser Valley Rose Farm explains, it’s a simple yet impactful technique to tidy up your garden and encourage reblooming. Whether you’re learning how to deadhead roses, manage perennial blooms, or…
Roses are among the most beloved garden plants, offering stunning blooms, a variety of colors, and even wildlife benefits. Yet, they sometimes intimidate new gardeners with their reputation for being high-maintenance. Jason from Fraser Valley Rose Farm sets the record straight, sharing a practical and encouraging guide for beginners interested in growing roses. From understanding…
Climbing roses are a stunning addition to any garden, offering height, vibrant blooms, and the opportunity to create breathtaking vertical displays. However, to get the best performance from climbing roses, they require thoughtful pruning and training techniques. Jason from Fraser Valley Rose Farm offers expert insights into how to manage these unique roses, focusing on…
For most gardeners, pruning roses can feel like a maze of decisions: Is it the right time? Does the rose need heavy pruning or just a light trim? To make this process easier, Jason from Fraser Valley Rose Farm created a detailed flowchart. This step-by-step guide helps gardeners navigate pruning decisions with simple yes-or-no questions….
‘Altissimo’ was flowering early this season – and that’s when I first wrote about this distinctive rose. The trick is that ‘Altissimo’ never stopped blooming. When selecting roses for the local farmer’s market, I had a hard time not bringing this rose every week. The individual flowers don’t last too long, but the rose reblooms so quickly and…
