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Roses Love Water
Beautiful rose bushes of varieties like Champagne and Absolutely Fabulous can easily be grown in your garden or container. All it takes is lots of sun, a little fertilizer and, of course, consistent watering.
Nothing is more important for a rose bush’s survival and performance than water. Roses absolutely love water. Here are a few tips to ensure you quench the thirst of the most beautiful plants in your garden:
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BLACK SPOT
The biggest mistake people make when watering is to water from overhead with a hose, instead of at ground level. Watering from above, can cause black spot to appear on the petals – throughout the day, as the heat intensifies, the water on the petals promotes fungal growth. To avoid this, water at ground level first thing in the morning.
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Select a planting sites that receive plenty of morning sun. It helps evaporate dew more quickly, which keeps fungal diseases away.
Details of all our roses are available on our web site.
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Mulching the rose garden can be very beneficial in many ways. A good layer of mulch ensures that the soil is kept moist in a hot spell. Weeds are kept to a minimum. The soil is improved as humus is added to the soil. Some mulches provide extra food for your roses. Black spot and other diseases are greatly reduced, providing the soil is cleared of old leaves and debris before mulching. Many materials can be used for mulching depending what is available to you. Well rotted farm or horse manure are excellent, but do make sure that it is well rotted as fresh manure can burn the roots of plants. Shredded bark, moist peat, garden compost and leaf mould all make suitable mulches, even grass cuttings can be used sparingly providing they have not been treated with weed killer recently. Before applying your chosen mulch make sure the ground is clean and damp and you have fed your roses. Spread a layer of mulch around the roses to a depth of 2-3ins – 5-6cm keeping it away from the stem or crown of the plant. Mulching is traditionally done in the spring, but we have found that mulching spring and autumn has been very beneficial.
Details of all our roses are available on our web site.
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CHANDOS BEAUTY
Create bigger roses:
When buds on hybrid tea roses appear, save the lead bud and remove the side buds for larger roses. Remove them early or you’ll get smaller roses. Do the opposite with floribundas; remove the center bud so the side buds can size up for larger bouquets.
Details of all our roses are available on our web site.
Over 1000 varieties to choose from.
