| If you've got the desire to plant a rose garden | | | | will die. |
| this year, before you go out to buy a hoe, | | | | Now, On To Roses! |
| before you get a shovel, even before you | | | | Now that we've got that out of the way, it's time |
| purchase any seeds, you will need to look into | | | | to move on to the rose garden. Contrary to |
| which climate zone your hometown is. Because, | | | | popular belief, roses are not as fragile as they are |
| knowing that there is sun shining outside and | | | | believed. You do, of course, have to care for |
| spraying Miracle Grow is not enough to get a | | | | them, but it is far more important that you select |
| great garden. You've got to know which plants | | | | a varietal that will grow in your climate zone. If |
| can grow in your area. And it's more than water | | | | you don't no matter how much care you give |
| and dirt that counts. | | | | them, the roses will die. So choose a variety that |
| Gardeners and botanists all agree that the best | | | | can thrive in your location! If you live in a colder |
| source of information about what will or will not | | | | zone, choose a hardier rose. If you live in a |
| survive in your location is the USDA Plant | | | | warmer zone, choose a rose that will take full |
| Hardiness Zone Map. The map is made up of | | | | advantage of the climate. |
| eleven climate zones, which span all the 50 | | | | After that, clip, prune, fight off the aphids, and |
| contiguous states, Canada, and Mexico. It tells you | | | | watch your roses thrive! Roses are a great |
| what the average lowest temperature in any | | | | flower that many people want to grow in their |
| given zone, which determines which plants will | | | | yards and gardens. Unfortunately many people |
| survive the winters there. Avocados, for instance, | | | | are afraid of getting roses because they seem |
| will not grow in Minnesota. | | | | like too much work. But the beautiful red rose is |
| When you go to the nursery to purchase seeds | | | | worth all the trouble it takes to keep them up. If |
| for your garden, or to buy potted plants, there | | | | you have never tried growing roses it is about |
| will be a guide to tell you what sort of conditions | | | | time you gave it a try. The next time you are in |
| are necessary for each particular plant. If you buy | | | | the nursery or flower store pick up a rose bush |
| a plant that has not adapted to living in your | | | | and try out your green thumb, you might just |
| climate zone, it will not thrive, and most likely, it | | | | surprise yourself. |