Can rose gardening be easy?
Well, yes, if you start by picking strong, disease-resistant rose bushes.
Roses come many colors and forms and in range of growth habits, sizes and shapes. Fortunately today, many newer roses are being bred for hardiness and good disease-resistance.
Like most other garden flowers, roses will thrive if you give them what they need:
Lots of sun – At least six hours of good strong sunlight daily - less sun and you get fewer flowers.
Good soil – Well drained, but able to hold moisture, and enriched with manure and/or compost. Roses are heavy feeders that thrive in rich soil.
Timely care – Plenty of water and fertilizer and proper pruning at the right time. Be sure to stay on the lookout so you can nip any rose problems in the bud before they get out of hand.
Rose gardening : When to plant roses: New roses establish more quickly in the cool moist conditions of spring or fall, so plant soon as soil becomes workable in spring, or in fall.
Always water regularly until established (for about the first two months after planting). Roses are available bare-root or container grown.
Planting bare root roses: Keep roots moist before planting. It's a good idea to soak them in a pail of barely lukewarm water for an hour or so before planting.
Dig hole large enough for roots to spread. Place so that bud union (a swollen area between the root and canes) is at least 2 inches below soil line in warmer zones, 4 to 6 inches deep in Zones 2 to 4. Back-fill planting hole with soil into which you've mixed some peat moss and manure to three quarters full. Firm soil around roots, water well and let drain.
Finish filling the planting hole, adding soil to form a mound over canes (in fall, this provides winter protection, in early spring, protection from sunscald). Remove mounds when roses begin to leaf out.
By Yvonne Cunnington Acknowledgement: Reprinted with Permission. ©Yvonne Cunnington http://www.flower-gardening-made-easy.com/.
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If you live in a cold climate zone,fall is the time
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A few simple steps now (after the ground freezes hard), will have you picking plenty of roses next year, without having to buy replacements!
http://www.allaboutrosegardening.com/Winterizing-Roses.html
Checked out your web site. Really informative, thanks for sharing the link with Landscape Vision
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