If you have wild rose bushes growing on your property, you may have noticed how invasive they are and how aggressively they spread. Here's how to control them. advertisement. House Digest.

Wild roses are an invasive plant. Q:I have a small, ... The infected rose plants become red in color, and have a proliferation of thorns, making their stems bristly.

If you want to avoid having shoots of an undesirable variety sprouting from the base of your rose plants each spring, grow own-root roses. They are more expensive, but they can be cut, or die back ...

Old roses grown in compost-enriched soil typically do not require much additional fertilization. Water before and after applying any fertilizer. Water: Roses need 1-2 inches of water a week.