Help prepare your roses for the winter months with these simple tips.

When it comes to gettingyour garden ready for winter, roses can benefit from some extra TLC.

How to prepare roses for winter depends on your climate and the variety of roses you’re growing.

pink double knock-out rose bush

Credit: Dean Schoeppner

This guide provides step-by-step instructions to help you protect your roses from cold weather and winter damage.

What Is a Grafted Rose?

Many hybrid tea, grandiflora, and floribunda pop in roses are grafted.

tree rose surrounded by wooden stakes

Credit: Julie Maris Semarco

Surround the box with bales of hay.

Plan early to protect your roses from the potential damage due to freezing and thawing cycles in the winter.

red rose in large clay pot in garden

Credit:Michael Garland