Growing Roses

Where and What to Plant!

So, like WHERE?!

As the song says, Roses Love Sunshine (hum along if you'd like)-

The rule is, the more sun the better. My rose garden is facing east, with a reflective white wall behind it. Almost 40 roses, and all of them like being baked! Wherever you can get the most sun, that is the best place for your rose garden.

So like WHAT?!

Various types of roses, including-

1. Floribunda
2. Hybrid Tea
3. Tree roses
4. Grandeflora

I have grown all of these (except Tree roses, which I think are a bit weird) , with good success. I will detail each of these areas right after a quick review of how to plant!

How to Plant- All you need is Love....:)

Actually, all you need is love and.......

A heck of a shovel and.....

A good back:) 

 OK....Soil Prep is critical.  Roses love fertile, aerated, damp soil, so....

1. Dig a DEEP BROAD hole, about 2 feet square and 2 feet deep .
2. Add compost and mix together with the soil...(if you've got clay soil, this is critical)
3. Fill the hole with water, and let it drain out- can take up to an hour, depending on your soil
   
4. Once it drains, mix  the soil around so at the bottom of the hole, so its not a solid mass
5. If you're planting a rose bush that is already potted....if not go to Step 6-
   
1. Just take the rose bush out of the pot carefully
2. Place in the hole - place so the graft line is right at soil level (see diagram)
   
3. Fill the hole up with loose soil
4. Water again - go to step 7
   
6. If you're planting a rose bush that is a bare root rose (no soil around the roots)
   
1. At the bottom of the hole, build a small hill, about 6 inches high, 4-6 inches in diameter or somesuch
2. Spread the roots of the bare root rose bush carefully so it extends on the hill-  sort of like a spider on a marble - place so the graft line is right at soil line (see diagram)
   
3. Fill the hole with loose soil
4. Water again - go to step 7
7. Cover the base of the rose with some sort of mulch (chips are fine)
8. Give it a couple of days, and water again - deep watering, which means a hose running for 5 minutes per plant, at the base of the rose.
   

Top Rose Photos - not to miss!

 Samples of different types of roses.....!

Another Floribunda	Another Floribunda	Floribunda - short bushy roses- small flowers, bunched up-
A smaller tree rose!!	Even more hybrid tea!	Tree roses- a bit strange?
More hybrid tea	Hybrid Tea - bigger flowers than Floribunda- not as big as grandeflora!

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