How to plant roses?

Hey all, I'm new here, and very new to gardening!

My garden is looking miserable, so whilst I was out today, I bought some roses, some for the garden and some climbing roses for the front, which I want to grow up some mesh wire.

Could someone explain in basic terminology how I go about planting them?

Ta much!

 

Dig a hole slightly bigger than the pots the roses are in now .
Take some of the soil from the hole and mix it with a similar amount of compost.
Add some fertilizer to the mix.
Take rose out of pot put in hole.
Use mix to fill the gaps compact it in well.
Give rose a good watering.
Sit back relax and congratulate yourself. :D

 

To that excellent advise, I would add, plant them quite deep. It used to be advised that you plant roses to the level of graft to avoid suckers, but current advise is to plant deeper and cover the graft.

 

Thanks all!

But er ... whats a graft?

 

Where the rootstock and the scion are joined, SOG - at the base of the stem.

 

I was given this information by a very kind lady...
Care of Roses.
In November when all leaves have fallen clear them away and burn.
Spray area under and around roses with Jeyes Fluid-1 teaspoon to 1 gallon of water.
(Keep off other plants and lawn)
Do area again in December,January and February as described above.
In March before leaf buds break spray area again with 2 teaspoons of Jeyes Flui to 1 gallon of water.
Prune roses at end of March.
Spray every 14 days with Roseclear until September.

 

There is always a big debate around here weather to plant the graft (we call it the bud union) above or below the soil line. I have taken to planting it right at the soil level in an effort to keep everyone happy :D

You are probably not going to want hear this, as it is a lot of extra work, but I recommend Double Digging on roses. It has worked wonders for me.

[ 10. April 2007, 03:37 AM: Message edited by: digital flower ]

 

Digital flower, what do you mean by 'double digging'

 

Here is a link for Double Digging. It is generally used for borders and beds but can be applied to single planting holes, also.

 

I always mix some well rotted farmyard manure in with the compost and also dig quite a bit deeper than the pot and put some of the manure and compost below the plant.

 

hi mike i see your well up on roses i'm getting a climbing rose to train along the back fence (chainlink) liz put me on to a site as i was looking for new dawn my fence is 18ft long would one be enough what do you think.

 

Hi David, a lot depends on the soil and local conditions and the variety, I have two roses either end of some trellis, one has taken over most of the trellis about 8 feet high 6 feet wide , the other has reached about 4 feet 6 inches high and about 3 feet wide.
Soil is the same for both so must be the variety.

New Dawn is listed as some repeat flowering (after the main June flush) if you want a rampant climber with a long flowering season there is a newish variety called Calypso, AKA Berries and Cream, medium scented

click here

Click on the Photos tab toward top left, and on individualthumbnails for larger pics
Mine has been in 18 months and has reached over 7' high already and continues flowering until the first frosts, sometimes even later if there is a mild spell.

I do find some of the claims for height and spread under estimated, for example a bush claimed to be 4 to 6 feet grows to over 9 feet unless I keep it pruned hard.
As for spread I think if they claim 10 feet high, then you should be able to train it on a fence or trellis for a similar distance at least.

You can search that "helpmefind" site for what you want either by name or by selecting colour, type of plant, type of flower etc by clicking advanced search.

 

hello mike thank you for info i will look into all aspects and try to decide by autumn.that is the time to put root stock in isn't it as i know very little about roses.

 

Hi David, "bare root" stock is usually sold between November and March and is cheaper than container grown plants which can be bought all year round, and provided you don't disturb the roots too much when planting out should be OK even now.

 

ok mike think i'l pop down garden c on the wkend
and see what they have there may be lucky and find calypso there and new dawn if so will get both and put one either side and train them towards the centre.
david