Growing Roses, A Complete Beginner's Guide

When I started gardening, I never thought I'd get into any flowers, let alone roses! They were a grandmother's plant to me...but I was sorely mistaken. Over 10 years later, they're one of my favorite flowers to grow.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:08 - Background
00:28 - History
01:13 - Rose Cultivars
02:00 - Grafted vs. Own Root Roses
03:16 - Types
05:51 - Care
07:44 - Container Growing
08:10 - Fertilizing
09:01 - Watering
09:37 - Pruning

DISCLAIMER

[sohodt]

Another tip, this one from a rose supplier of four generations. When cutting off flowers, always cut above a stem that has five leaves. This will ensure more flowers will grow back from that cutoff section.

[aleagonzales]

It’s wild how quickly one can go from wanting an orchard to planting and developing a rose garden. Same thing happened to me!

[saaaaauce]

I'm a 35 yr old guy and I want to be a rose garden abuelita 😂

[Meskarune]

Roses bloom nonstop for months, pollenators love them, they have incredible colors and scents, huge flowers, the rose petals and hips are edible and roses will survive drought and create habitat for animals. They are the queens of the garden for a reason.

[Callsign_Neuro]

I’m glad I found this video. I’m a 26-year-old guy and I am fixated on growing roses. I dropped my friend off at her house a couple times last week and she gave me a rose twice, but I feel bad because both of them died within a day. Therefore I need to grow my own so I can pay her back lol

[TheKalenedog]

My grandma died shortly after i was born and she loved roses, she had rose bushes next to our garage that eventually just ended up dieing without her care. I definitely want to add some roses to my garden and hopefully can honor her in some way. I love how gardening can help us connect to the earth and people at the same time. For me anyways 😅

[alexline]

YES! I got some sickly discount roses from Walmart last year on a whim. I planted them with lots of enriched soil and they just started sending new shoots now. I'm gonna rock the curb appeal with my $5 rose bush.

[Game.Like.A.Mother]

Who ever has been editing these videos needs a raise. Love kev as a grandma 😂❤

[LarsLarsen]

I had a rose growing in hydroton in a DWC bucket, and I thought it was dead, so I stopped watering it for 6 months, but then it rained and it got some water and it somehow came to life again. Amazing! I've only ever seen trees do that before.

[CreaticityIsLife]

I have a few old bourbon and damask climbing roses from Heirloom roses, and they are stunning. We make rose syrup and jelly in the spring, or just fill a jar with petals and water to make rose sun tea. So good!

[sohodt]

Great video, but I have a tip for you. I know the Fragrant Cloud is a nice smelling rose, but by far, the strongest, most fragrant, sweet smelling rose is the McCartney rose. It's large pink blooms are beautiful too. So strong, you can smell them 8 feet away. No bs.

[WeirdMikey]

I’ve been gardening for years and just picked up roses for the first time. Good timing!

[christarosales]

I want to have a rose bush! So beautiful! Love to hear the history behind them. Thanks for the tips! Thee are so many varieties!

[annierampersad]

Hi Kevin.Thanks for the brief history of the rose. I've tried growing rose plants from seeds and I've gotten two out of about 25 seeds. I am still going to sow some seeds this year. Your rose plants are absolutely gorgeous. Much love from Trinidad.⚘

[NihilusTheGreat]

We bought a house with a ton of double knockout rose bushes. Very pretty, very vibrant pink. It also came with a climbing rose in a deep magenta color.

[chrisvanderwoerd]

I've been growing roses for about 20 years. The most colorful variety is Rio Samba. The blooms are different colors at different stages of their life, so it looks like you have 3 roses in one plant.

[karenyhogan]

I had a Lincoln Rose that was medium high, but had 6" blossoms and so rich in smell that you could not bring it into the house or is would overwhelm and make you sick. Rich blackish red flower: it just stud out in the whole bed of roses.

[visceralhit]

Love this, after somewhat avoiding roses in my garden last year I got my first in memory of my Mother in law who left us too soon, Sheilas Perfume, this year I have 5 more in the garden. I diunno why it took me so long to get roses, I learnt so much about them from my dad who is a Rose boss. Long live the rose!

[danielyeroshalmi]

It's insane how every time I get into a gardening topic. You makes video on it the very next day... I came to LA from NYC yesterday and took cuttings from a beautiful rose and planned on trying to grow them. Never have. And then I was looking to buy climbing rose to make a trellis arch.. and then this video comes out. Amazin

[NotableNikki]

I have some kind of rose bushes in my front garden bed that the previous owner planted. I love them but they are getting super tall! My lilac is blooming right now and it is heavenly! I am planning to have the fam put together my greenstalks this weekend. We are doing one with strawberries and one with herbs, lettuces, beans.