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Timely Tip

Stop feeding roses in August. Feeding them after that encourages new growth that will not have time to mature and bloom before first frost. Late feeding retards the onset of dormancy, an important winterizing measure

We are Mike and Angie Chute and have been growing roses for over twenty years in our East Providence, Rhode Island garden. For many years we have presented programs at such venues as the Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show, Newport Flower Show, University of Rhode Island, garden clubs, and NBC10’s Plant Pro. As a way to reach more home gardeners and landscape professionals, we started RoseSolutions as a landscape consulting company that would offer educational programs, workshops, seminars, and consulting services on rose horticulture. To further our goal of reaching every gardener who wants to know more about growing roses in New England, we have established this website – RoseSolutions.net.

Our Credentials

Certified American Rose Society Consulting Rosarians. Mike is an ARS Master Rosarian as well as an accredited ARS horticultural judge.

Garden writers with published articles in People, Places, Plants magazine, the American Rose magazine, various rose society publications across the country and on the internet.

University of Rhode Island Master Gardeners, co-authors of the chapter on roses for their Sustainable Garden Manual.

Authors of the book Roses for New England, which will be published next year.

Founding members of the Rhode Island Rose Society. Both of us have served as president and continue to be active as members of the Governing Board. Angelina is editor of the Rhode Island Rose Society’s award winning newsletter, Rhode Island Rose Review.

Having Fun We also have fun exhibiting our roses by competing in rose shows throughout New England and Montreal, winning our fair share of awards.

photo by Dave Candler

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