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Bareroot Roses - beginner style!


grafted roses so their bud unions are 2 inches (10 cm) below the soil level. Non-grafted roses should be planted with their root crown at or slightly below soil level.
  • USDA ZONES 4 and below - Plant grafted roses with their graft line 4 inches (20 cm) below soil level. Non-grafted roses that are hardy to your growing region should be planted with their root crowns at the soil line.

  • While holding the rose in the right position, backfill the hole with a mixture of soil and peat moss, to about three-quarters full, and firm the soil mix around the roots. Fill the hole with water and permit it to drain.
  • Make sure that the rose is still in the correct position.
  • Finish filling the hole and continue adding earth to form a mound covering the base of the canes. In cold winter areas, where there is still change of hard frosts, cover the plant completely except for the top two buds.
  • Remove the mound when the buds begin to greak and the first new leaves appear.
  • If you live in an area without heavy spring rains, form a watering well around the base of the plant.

    Spring and Summer Care

    Over the next few months, your new rose will sprout and grow new branches. Remove branches that grow into the centre of the shrub to encourage an open habit.

    All this new growth will need nourishing. There are some great organic blends on the market. For feeding roses, it is important to choose a fertilizer with an approximate nutrient ratio of 2-4-1 (NPK).

    Here is a very good recipe for feeding roses and other summer-flowering shrubs, such as Hibiscus and Tree Peonies.

    • 10 parts alfalfa meal
    • 2 parts rock phosphate
    • 2 parts bone meal
    • 2 parts castor pomace, soybean meal or cottonseed meal
    • 1 part Epsom salts

    The first feeding in the spring should be done once the rush of growth sees the bush leafing out. Apply 1 cup (250 ml) of fertilizer for each foot (30 cm) of growth around the roses, and then cultivate in lightly. Feed lightly once a month with a sprinkling of this fertilizer from the time they start to bud until mid-summer. Do not feed from mid-summer until flowering diminishes in the fall. Then feed once more as above.

    If you live in a coastal area, be sure to pick up a bag of seaweed next time you are at the seaside. Seaweed is high in trace nutrients, and this will benefit the

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