Free seminar on roses in the garden
 

Everything's Coming Up Roses



February 21, 2009

10am-Noon



Sunset Valley City Hall

3205 Jones Rd.

Sunset Valley, TX 78745



Roses aren't just for Valentine's Day - they can bring color and sweet
smells to your garden year round! Come attend this free seminar presented
by the Travis County Master Gardeners Association on selecting and planting
roses in your garden. We will be discussing Earth Kind Roses, a designation
indicating high performance and outstanding disease and insect tolerance, as
well as the basics of pruning and rose care.



Earth Kind is an important designation given to select roses by the Texas
A&M University Agriculture program. Earth Kind Roses have been through
rigorous statewide testing and evaluation by a team of horticultural experts
and found to possess a high level of landscape performance and outstanding
disease and insect tolerance/resistance. We will include illustrations of a
number of Earth Kind Roses plus information on site selection, soil
amendments, and bed preparations.



And just as important as selection is care for your roses. Pruning rose
bushes is intimidating to many gardeners, but actually very good for the
plants. Becoming an accomplished rose pruner takes time and practice. Learn
about properly pruning plus the basics of rose care.



This FREE seminar is sponsored by the Travis County Master Gardeners
Association in partnership with the AgriLife Extension, Travis County. For
more information call (512)854-9600 and ask for the Master Gardeners desk or
visit http://www.tcmastergardeners.org http://www.tcmastergardeners.org/



No reservations necessary, just come!