5 garden tips for this week, Feb. 2-8

1. Stop and prune the roses
Remember: rose leaves that make it through the winter get more diseases, and the diseases start earlier in the season then move to newer leaves and to other plants. So if you haven’t pruned your roses, do so this weekend. And be sure to remove all the old rose leaves in order to have healthier plants and prettier roses this spring and summer.
2. Attend to the trees
Thin out heavy growth on large trees – if they survived our recent winds. Don’t just b