Roses, especially the fragrant ones, turn a hum-drum garden into a place of exquisite beauty. If you enjoy the fragrance of roses drifting on an evening breeze, you will want to learn all you can about growing them. It’s easy and roses come in almost every color of the rainbow, so it’s simple to find roses that will fit into your garden’s theme and color scheme.

You don’t have to have much of a green thumb to grow beautiful roses every time you try. Here are a few tips to help you grow roses that flourish:

Rose Types

Take a look at your garden before choosing roses. Roses need space to grow. Consider the climate where you live. If your garden will be buried underneath a blanket of snow and ice during the winter, be sure to choose hearty varieties.

Floribundas

Floribundas are easier to care for than hybrid teas and they produce large clusters of beautiful blooms from June until the first frost. Even then, some will hang on until a severe frost hits. These roses are great for landscaping and mass plantings. Most are fragrant and floribundas can survive temperatures as low as twenty degrees Fahrenheit. If temperatures will dip below twenty degrees, cover the base and around the rosebush with a blanket of mulch or straw to protect the roots.

Hybrid Tea Roses

Hybrid teas come in a wide variety of colors and most are fragrant. If in doubt, ask the staff of the garden center or nursery where you purchase them. These roses are ever-blooming if you dead-head spent blooms. (Pick them off.) They are perfect for bouquets or centerpieces because flowers are large and exquisite. Hybrid teas can be grown in a climate with frigid winter temperatures if the roots and base of the bush are blanketed in mulch or straw.

Hybrid Perpetuals

Hybrid perpetuals are very hearty roses and do extremely well in areas that have harsh winters. Be sure to give the roots protection in the winter months. These roses are prized by rose collectors world wide.