This is the time of the year that every nursery professional has been waiting for. A year ago we carefully planned our orders from a half dozen different suppliers. We drooled over colorful glossy photos of all the new introductions…

It’s that time of year again when garden centers fill their benches back up with a whole new crop of bare root roses. Our crews have spent the last several weeks carefully pruning and planting several thousand of them so they can be taken home and lovingly plunged into your gardens. Please remember that roses are seasonal and they are only ordered once a year, so when they are gone, they are gone until another year comes along. Here are some tips on how to grow fabulous roses in our maritime climate…

A lot happens behind the scenes in a garden center in the month of January.  Most of it isn’t very glamorous and frankly is just plain hard work.  The weather is always cold and usually wet, sometimes even snowy.  And yet, the arrival and planting of bare root roses is one of those activities that is probably the most looked forward to for garden center employees - a rite of passage some would say…