Growing Roses

Good day my gardening chums!

its been a while, we have been growing our rose plants and getting new ones ready for sale so today i thought i would talk about roses.

Being one of the world's most favourite plants, you're sure to find plenty of information about roses online. However, it's harder to find advice about growing roses in climates such as ours. so i wanted to concentrate on information for the warm-climate rose grower.

Heat and humidity present two major challenges, sun tolerance,especially burning of the flowers is also something that the rose growers from more temperate and cloudy parts of the world never have to worry about, but here we do.

One of the best ways to grow roses is in pots, they make a patio or decking look amazing. there are several pot types available, a good large plantpot with ample room for the roots is essential. also the soil type is cruicial too. The top layer of the soil should be sandy, and the lower level  clay. So, all the soil in  the pots is a mixture of commercial potting soil, nitrohumus, super-phosphate, and soil polymer.

The top layer of our soil is very sandy, and the lower level is clay. So, all the soil in our planters have been completely reworked, and the soil in the pots is a mixture of commercial potting soil, nitrohumus, super-phosphate, and soil polymer.

Pot grown roses do take a lot more water, simply because the water drains right through the pots. Pot grown roses need more food. Not stronger, but more often. I feed my roses every week during show season, and then twice a month the rest of the year. I rotate with feedings of chicken droppings, Fish blood, plus I add Iron Chelate and Zinc once a month. Also, I feed them Rose Food twice a year you can get it from garden centres here, Always make sure that you have watered your roses well the day before feeding. If you feed a dry plant, especially one in a pot, you could very well burn the roots, or even kill the plant. I must confess, that I killed ten minis by feeding them dry when I first started growing roses.

Pruning pot grown roses is done the same as for ground-grown roses. However, when miniature roses are grown in pots you don't have to kneel down on the ground to prune them! So, there is much less strain on your back and knees!

so thats growing roses in pots, how about in the ground?  One of the very best soil amendments to use for rose bushes is compost. Using compost improves soil structure, texture, and aeration and increases the soil's water-holding capacity. Compost loosens clay soils and helps sandy soils retain water. Adding compost improves soil fertility.

So you get your rose home then what to do? If you haven’t planted roses before, here's som,e hints and tips on  how to plant roses.

To plant roses you must first of all dig the holes, and place a little potting soil at the bottom of each hole, leaving some just to cover the roots with when set out. Have some strong sticks close by in case a few straggling shoots need support. Now unpack, which is always done at the last minute, if the air gets to them when out of the ground it dries up all the sap and materially weakens the plants.

With a sharp knife cut off all the dead tops of the shoots, and also any roots which look mangled, taking great care not to pull off the fibrous portions (tiny rootlets attached to the main roots), as these will take hold of the new ground, and keep life in the rose trees.Hold the plant upright and steady pour the soil in.

Do not cramp the rose roots.They have been growing in pots, and must have their roots gently disentangled and spread out in the hole. The potting soil helps to start the plants, and they soon penetrate into the heavier soil which is to produce such grand rose flowers.

Only just cover the roots with the light soil, and then fill in with the chicken manure. This must not come higher than two inches above the junction of graft and stock, which can easily be found by the different appearance of the two woods, and also from the mark faintly seen showing how deeply it has already been planted in its original pot.When filled up stamp firmly down. If this is not done, the rose tree cannot possibly make roots, if it is rocked about by the wind, and all your trouble will be a waste of time. Of course the ground must not be made like iron, but, on the other hand, the plants should be able to stand a fair tug without moving from their places. I have noticed over and over again that I had only to pull at a rose tree gently, and it would be lying full length on the ground. What can be expected of the best bush that ever grew when it has been planted in that fashion?

So, i hope you find this usefull information, the roses we sell are of a very high quality, and give them some time and they will transform your garden into something truly special, all the pictures you see here are all examples of some of the roses we have for sale, i hope you pop over and say hello and we can pick the best rose for your garden.