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Learn Rose Gardening - And Have Fun Doing It!

Are you ready to learn rose gardening? Here
are some basics to help you start growing2. If the rose is growing (showing leaves and
healthy, vibrant roses. It's a great thing toflowers), cut the bottom of the container
do  for  yourself  and  your  garden!off, and cut several openings on each side.
You  want  the  roots  to  be  unrestricted.
In any rose garden there are some overall
needs. Roses do need good garden soil,3. Set the rose in the planting hole to the
sunlight, and the availability of water. Soright depth. Fill the hole with soil and
let's begin to learn rose gardening withwater.
where  your  roses  will  "live."
Mulching  Roses:
The  Rose  Bed
Mulching your roses is good for any soil and
Almost any soil is, or can be made into, goodin any climate. It is extremely helpful in
garden soil. The best soil for your rose beddry areas. Mulch keeps the soil temperature
is a well-drained, fertile, light soil atsteady, and prevents heavy rain from causing
least two feet deep. A pH between 6.0 - andthe top soil to cake up. Mulching also helps
6.5 is ideal. Make sure your rose bed willto  controls  weeds.
get at least 4 hours of full sunlight a day,
with  6  hours  being  best.Watering  Roses:
Purchasing  Your  Roses:Roses need to receive 1 inch of water per
week. What's the best way? Watering deeply
Roses can be easily bought from nurseries andonce a week, instead of watering lightly more
garden centers. They will come as eitheroften. Overhead sprinkling is great when done
"bare root" roses, or in containersin the morning. This lets the foliage dry out
(packaged).before nightfall. Using soaker hoses or other
drip-irrigation systems may be a more
Bare-root roses come with the roots protectedconvenient  way  to  water  your  roses.
in a moist packaging substance. Purchase
these roses as close to planting time asWinter  Treatment:
possible, and plant them while they are
dormant. Depending on your climate, the bestIt's fairly easy to help most roses get
planting time is late winter or early spring,safely through winter. Start by shoveling a
after  any  frozen  ground  has  thawed.protective mound of soil around the base of
the rose. Then add a few scoops of mulch
How  To  Plant  Bare  Root  Roses:around the base, and they should stay well
insulated.
1. Before planting, soak the roots in water
overnight.Pruning  Roses:
2. Dig a hole and make a mound of soil in theAs you learn rose gardening, you'll find that
bottom of it. Set the plant on the mounds,much satisfaction comes from pruning your
spreading  the roots evenly around the mound.roses. By pruning, you remove old wood and
encourage sap to flow into younger and
3. Place the rose so the bud union is at thestronger  branches.
same  height  as  the  ground  surface.
Most roses need moderately light pruning.
4. Cover the roots with loose soil and pressPrune roses in late winter or in early
lightly. Add more soil until the hole is halfspring, as soon as the buds begin to swell,
full, then fill with water, letting the waterbut before they start to open. In warm
soak  in.climates, pruning can be a year-round
activity.
5.  Fill the hole with soil, and you're done!
Of course, there is more to learn about rose
How  To  Plant Container, or Packaged, Roses:gardening... but these basics will see that
you're off to a good start. The main thing is
1. To plant the rose while it is stillto enjoy the beauty and blessings our roses
dormant, take it out of the box and plant itbring us every day!
like  a  bare-root  rose.



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