Pick the Perfect Rose For Your Garden
Pick the Perfect Rose For Your Garden
Roses have been a timeless classic for many gardeners over the centuries, offering beautiful blooms and color year after year. Due to their well-deserved popularity, they have been created in an abundance of different varieties. From high climbers to low growing carpet roses we will break down who's who in the world of roses.
Hybrid Tea
The classic cutting rose flower shape with long stems on a vase-shaped shrub.
Floribunda
Low maintenance and hardy with prolific, showy blooms.
Grandiflora
These tall, hardy shrubs are well-suited for hedges and flower border backgrounds.
Climber
Naturally long, pliable canes suitable for training on a support trellis.
Miniature
Compact form, well-suited to containers, prolific blooms and cold hardiness.
Shrub & Carpet Roses
Very low maintenance, long-lasting bloom season, and disease resistant.
Planting And Maintenance
For Success
For Success
- Planting your roses in a sunny location with well-draining soil will provide your plant with the best conditions to create beautiful blooms.
- For impressive blooms, we recommend regular fertilizing with organic fertilizer applied as the label suggests. Organics are gentle and can also be used during planting to ensure a healthy start.
- In order to prevent powdery mildew and blackspot fungus from forming we suggest against nightly watering's, instead opting for drip irrigation.
- If aphids decide to move in, Neem oil or insecticidal soap will help evict them.
- Ladybugs & Lacewings are also a great and organic way to prevent pests.
Pruning Your Roses
- Generally, the best time to start pruning your roses is mid-December to mid-February. The only exception would be roses that bloom once a year, which should be pruned after they bloom.
- Pruning newly established roses should be done lightly—just enough to remove dead branches or twiggy canes.
- When pruning it is best to make cuts 1/4" above and outside-facing bud at a 45°angle, down and away from the bud.
