How-To Videos

We have made several videos to show you how to care for your roses, ranging from planting, pruning, deadheading and mulching.

And, some to help out with cut flowers and making floral arrangements.

We hope they are a great help to you and your roses!

 

How to Plant a Bare Root Rose

 

An Overview from Wagner's

 

Rosy Road Trip - Gardening Australia

 

The Importance of Mulching - Audio from Brian Wagner of Wagner's Rose Nursery


 

How to Remove Rootstock from a Rose Bush

 

Brian's Favourites

 

How to Deadhead Your Roses

 

We Feature on 'In The Garden with Kim Syrus'

 

How to Mulch your Roses

 

Pruning Stem Rose Plants

 

Planting a New Rose Bush

 

How to Prune Your Roses

 

How to Plant a Potted Rose Bush

 

Make a beautiful Flower Arrangement with bright roses by Cindy Cross

 

How to make an easy Bunch of Flowers

 

How to make an Autumnal Arrangement

 

How to clean and sharpen secateurs featuring Brian Wagner from Wagner's Rose Nursery

 

How to prepare the soil for planting a new rose - with Brian Wagner

Brian Wagner from Wagner's Rose Nursery shows you how to prepare soil to get it ready to plant a new rose. In this example Brian is preparing the soil where he will be planting a new rose next to a wooden wall on a patch of lawn.

 

2020 digging season at Wagner's Rose Nursery - a sneak-peek

Find out exactly what goes on at Wagner's Rose Nursery during their busiest time of year, digging season. It all starts with undercutting the rows of roses, then pruning in the field, followed by grading, counting, tying in bundles, labelling and for retail, boxing up the orders, then out the door they all go. At the same time as this frantic work is all going on there is the planting to do which only adds to the chaos that is digging season at a rose nursery. Brian Wagner takes you on a guided tour of the 2020 digging season at Wagner's Rose Nursery.

 

Brian Wagner's live pruning workshop at Balnaves Winery

In June 2020 Brian Wagner ran a live Facebook video broadcast from Balnaves Winery in Coonawarra, South Australia, where they have a beautiful and large rose garden. The workshop was all about pruning, during the workshop Brian also answered many questions from people all over Australia. This is a long video, but there are some fantastic tips along the way, we hope this helps anyone that may find the idea of pruning roses daunting or scary, it's not! So join Brian Wagner as he demonstrates what he knows about pruning roses, and much more.

 

Brian explains how to water roses to maximise growth

In this video Brian Wagner from Wagner's Rose Nursery discusses the importance of watering to maximise the growth of your roses. Brian is an advocate of deep watering about once a week rather than little bits each day.

 

Brian Wagner from Wagner's Rose Nursery talks with Australian rose breeder Bruce Brundrett

Bruce Brundrett is a renowned Australian rose breeder, who has won multiple awards in the National Rose Trial Garden of Australia. Wagner's Rose Nursery is his agent for the Australian market.

 

Brian Wagner from Wagner's Rose Nursery visited David Austin Roses in Shropshire, England.