Rose Care
Before you go out to purchase roses for your garden you need to consider the following:
1. Location / Soil / Watering – your rose or roses will need at least 6 hours of direct sunlight / sunshine daily. And then you need to plant your roses in well-drained soil. Once planted you need to water your roses deeply. This particularly needs to be done at the base of the plant, avoiding the leaves at this time. We want to try and avoid diseases.
Always ensure you keep the water up to your roses especially during dry spells. And some places in Western Australia is prone to dry spells as are other places in Australia.
2. Fertlising – When you have planted your new roses, make sure you give them fertiliser but it’s important to remember that you need to wait for approximately 3 weeks after planting or when you see new flowers or new growth appearing on your roses.
When pruning, I will wait three weeks before going back to my clients to put the fertiliser down. And I also take into consideration the different fertiliser I choose to use and that depends on the circumstances at the time.
Always remember to follow instructions before using the fertiliser.
3. Pruning – New roses don’t normally need to be pruned straight away, but when pruning always remember it depends on the time of year to how much or how less you prune. Those times vary depending on where you are located.
4. Roses for Pots – If you have bought roses to go into pots then the care is a little different. You need to make sure your roses are watered more frequently as the potting mix dries out a lot faster than the soil in the ground.
When you choose a pot make sure that has good drainage and the pot shouldn’t sit in a saucer that collects water. Your roses could drown. Roses in pots need to receive daily TLC with the watering and occasionally you should mist them to keep them hydrated.
