New Generation Roses are bareroot hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas, English and climbers that perform best on their own roots.

"Our goal in developing roses is to provide customers with strong, high quality plants that are easy to grow and maintain," said Dr. Keith Zary, Vice President of Research for Jackson & Perkins. "New Generation Roses meet this goal and offer a number of advantages over grafted varieties."

Advantages of New Generation Roses include:

• Easier planting due to more pliable roots that need smaller holes and suffer less transplant shock
• More freely branched plants with a more natural, rounded habit and more blooms
• Easier maintenance — they can be shaped with clippers or pruned traditionally
• Better, stronger root structure
• Winter hardiness

New Generation Roses® are great for cold weather regions.

Because New Generation Roses® are grown on their own roots, there's no bud union. This characteristic means that if the plant freezes above ground, its roots will still thrive, producing new growth and flowers that are true to type. This makes for a very vigorous, hardy plant on a much deeper, healthier root system, with more blooms per branch and more branches per bush.

And, like all Jackson & Perkins roses, New Generation Roses are certified virus-free.

By Tamara Galbraith

If there isn't a shape, size or color of dahlia that takes your breath away...well, you need to keep looking, because there's one out there that will.

Dahlias (Dahlia variabilis) are one of the most diverse types of flowers in existence. What's even more amazing is that most varieties start from an ugly, potato-looking tuber before developing, swan-like, into a tall, lithesome beauty.

The color range alone is outstanding. While developing a true blue dahlia continues to evade hybridizers, gardeners can find just about everything else: red and white peppermint striped petals, peach with maroon tipped petals, pure white, pale yellow, burnt orange, soft pink...the list goes on.

Dahlias range widely in flower shape and petal arrangement, as well. There are spiky cactus dahlias, playful round pompon dahlias, waterlily dahlias, peony dahlias, orchid dahlias, and more. Some are considered "formal" as opposed to "informal". Some have petals which curl inward, while petals on others curl under, or maybe not at all.

The list is endless and, of course, most gardeners can't -- and shouldn't -- stop at just one plant. The dwarf varieties make great border accents, and also tend to do well in hotter, drier regions of the U.S. All dahlias prefer full sun, but make plenty of room for them - some varieties can get up to six feet tall!

Lastly, dahlias are fabulous cut flowers and make a colorful, festive arrangement for any occasion.