No Roses. That is sad. I usually get a miniature rose for mother’s day. I really don’t do anything with them except enjoy the blooms. Hubby always plants them for me, and I just love the blooms from year to year.
We plant them in front of the house and along the sidewalks, and the are intermingled with the spring flowers so that there’s always something blooming during the summer and spring.
Partial sun and the spot gets lots of run off during the rain, so very low maintenance.
I went to a big local garden that was famous for the grounds and home. I looked at their rose garden and it had residue from spraying all over all the leaves, and all plants were pruned pretty short, and this place has many experts on staff.
There are definite advantages to living up north. We can not grow very many hostas due to lack of chill hours, either.