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Care Of Roses
How To Care For RosesCare of roses,rose care and taking care of roses, is not any more difficult than caring for other plants in your garden. Some roses require different rose care, such as care of shrub roses, climbing rose care, care of miniature roses. Then there is carpet roses care and care of knockout roses. as well as winter care for roses. The trick to make it easy to care for rose bushes, is to only buy rose plants that
are suited to your local conditions.
Be sure to check out my section on recommended rose varieties for different climate situations or consult with your local favorite nursery.
Fertlizing Your Roses!When caring for rose bushes, the most efficient and economical way to fertilize your roses, is by providing regular applications of mulches and organic fertilizers, such as fish emulsions or seaweeds. The micro-orginisms in the soil break them down into nutrients that the roses feed on. When the mulches have decomposed and disappeared it's time to start all over, by applying more fertilizers and another layer of mulch. Sprinkle a cupful of Epsom Salt around each rose bush and scratch it in.
Watering Your Roses!Newly planted roses should be deep watered every day until established. After roses have been growing for about 3-4 years, the actually become quite drought tolerant. However for the best performance and lots of blooms, deep water once or twice a week depending on the weather. Never do any overhead watering as this could encourage fungus diseases.
Pruning Your Roses!Pruning is very beneficial for roses and is a neccessary part for care of roses. Early spring, when the hard frosts are over, is the best time to prune roses. When the buds are just beginning to swell, that is your signal, that it's time to take out the pruning tools. The general rule is to first remove any dead and diseased looking canes. Also remove
all spindly and criss-crossed canes.
Pruning Roses
If the rose is too wide, give it an allover trim to make the rose more slender. Then you can cut back about 1/3 off the top of the bush, if it is a newer plant, and a bit more for older rose plants.
Vigorously growing roses can take more pruning than smaller roses.
Please keep in mind, that there are different pruning requirements for certain rose types such as climbers, miniatures and hybrids and antique roses. Check out my section on "Pruning Roses", for detailed instruction on pruning different
rose types.
Deadheading Your Roses!It means cutting off dead or dying flowers. There are good reasons for deadheading your roses as often as you can. First, the rose plant looks better. Dried out blooms on rose bushes are ugly and make your garden look bad, even when new blooms appear. Deadheading encourages the rose to produce more blooms and buds, so keep your rose bushes looking good, by trimming off faded flowers as often as possible.
After all, isn't that the reason why we want to grow roses ,for their gorgeous, colorful and fragrant blooms.
Rose Bush Care And Maintenance
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