Dakota Gardener: Winter protection for tender roses

Before winter is upon us, gardeners should consider protecting tender roses like this beautiful Campfire cultivar, named for its prolific yellow, red and pink flowers. (NDSU photo)

Before winter is upon us, gardeners should consider protecting tender roses like this beautiful Campfire cultivar, named for its prolific yellow, red and pink flowers. (NDSU photo)

We have been blessed by an unusually lovely fall in the northern Great Plains. Unfortunately, the long-range weather forecast promises that all good things must come to an end. Before winter is upon us, gardeners should consider protecting tender roses. Most hybrid tea, floribunda and grandiflora roses were bred for warmer climates and cannot survive northern winters without protection.R...

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