Welcome to The Rose Zone!

Growing Roses with Purpose

On the practical side, roses are valued for the breathtaking beauty they bring to the home landscape. Gardening roses can be employed to cover unsightly views with welcome color and texture to delight the eye. They will ramble and multiply to adorn an extensive yardscape, making maintenance of large areas easier, while painting a stunning natural canvas.

Rose shrubs are also grown for use in healthful recipes, to adorn sparkling vases within the home, to use in special corsages for that special Mom or to be pinned on that special gal by nervous fingers of a new beau. And who hasn't heard of the thousands upon thousands of rose petals strewn about by Roman Emporer Nero and Egyptian Queen Cleopatra to enhance their romantic sojourns as well as to decorate for their guests at lavish parties?..

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The fragrance wafting from rose gardens can be intoxicating, and their perfume has enchanted throughout time. Roses are grown to make aromatic rose oil as well as fragrant perfumes commercially and are used in many fun, practical and artistically beautiful craft projects. And who can resist lounging under a private sanctuary of hanging boughs of roses, dripping with resplendent, luxuriant blossoms from a trellis above? Roses offer welcome beauty to behold with the eye, while scenting the air with their delicate perfume to soothe and enchant the soul's senses.....

Indeed, growing roses can touch the artistic essence in each of us, inspire and make our hearts sing!

Rose Growing - Hope and Rose Shrubs for All

Contrary to perpetuated belief, roses are not difficult to grow. Just as with most any living thing, variety is the spice of life, and some rose types, like other plants, are easier to grow than others, depending on where you live. Some thrive more readily in some areas than others, but Roses are found around the world and come in an extensive array of colors and fragrances, with more being developed every year.

Whether you have a desire to exercise your green thumb, to solve a practical landscape problem, to grow a cutting rose garden for your dining table rose bouquets or home decor, or to express your creative and artistic side with elegant glory, there is a rose type and a rose color that will fill your needs. Wherever you live, from the tropics through the temperate zones to colder climes, there are roses that will fill your life with delight...and you can learn to grow them with ease. You're out of luck if you reside in the polar caps, however, but you might enjoy silk or plastic versions or perhaps a frozen specimen... :-)

Anyone with desire and proper guidance can grow roses to enjoy and inspire, savor and cherish for a lifetime. You can learn to make your landscape the envy of your neighborhood, make maintenance of both large and small garden areas much easier and elicit the giddy, inspired 'ooooh's and ahhh's' of admiring friends and family. You can savor the uncounted delights of growing your own roses to use as special gifts, in fun and beautiful crafts...and to keep your family healthy with special rose recipes made from your own home-grown roses!

And that is the aim here...to provide you with information and understanding to help you to grow the rose garden of your heart's desire ..to inspire you and your rose gardening endeavors ...and to help you appreciate the wondrous rose and all the many ways it can be enjoyed as a Life-Delight to adorn your life and those you love.