Growing Roses-Care of Roses
Growing roses and the care of roses, regardless of which of the rose types it is seems to scare many people away from these wonderful plants. The truth is, however, that very often roses will grow despite the worst efforts of many gardeners.
Believe me I know, I made every mistake in the book with many different rose types and still ended up with some wonderful plants. But I did learn from my many mistakes and as time passed each new planting produced even better results. I want to share with you some of my ideas for gardening and caring for roses.
If you have not yet tried to grow roses, please do. You will be thrilled with the result. Don’t be put of by all those people who say that the care of roses is too much effort. It isn’t. Like anything, with a little preparation and planning growing roses can be one of the most fulfilling things you can do and your roses will be companions for life. The key to rose care lies in the preparation.
I hope to share with you some of the knowledge I have picked up over the years. I will start at the very beginning and work my way through in a way that hopefully makes sense.
As I said the key growing and caring for the different types of roses is planning ahead. This means gathering a little info on the various types of roses.
There is still much debate over the classification of roses, and even a little snobbery. Ignore it, you do not have to know everything there is about growing roses in order to enjoy their beauty. The average gardener does not and does not need to know everything.
I will start at the beginning and explain the different rose types available and how they are classified and you can then work your way down through the various sections. Hopefully it makes sense and does not deter you from taking up a hobby that will produce lifelong friendship, both in plant form and human! Yes, gardening and caring for roses does have that kind of effect on you!
Another area of confusion for those new, and not so new, to the care of roses is the issue of rose pruning. Again, I have attempted to make this as straightforward as possible. In fact it is fairly simple so why not check out How To Prune Roses.
Of course one other benefit of not just growing roses but making sure to take care of roses is all them beautiful fresh roses to can have for indoors, so naturally there is some information on how to keep roses fresh longer.
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Winnipeg Parks Rose
$19.95
The Winnipeg Parks Rose, Rosa 'Winnipeg Parks' (PP9, 122), is a hardy, everblooming shrub rose with clusters of deep pinkish-red buds opening to bright cherry-pink, 2-3&quo... [Read more]
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Topaz Jewel Rose
$20.95
The Topaz Jewel Rose, Rosa 'MORyelrug', is a recurrent bloomer which has branches that arch to the ground and are covered with 3" amber-yellow, fragrant flowers. The f... [Read more]
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White Meidiland-« Rose
$19.95
The White Meidiland® Rose, Rosa 'MEIcoublan', is a hardy groundcover type rose with large 4", double, white flowers that are produced all season long. It does well on ... [Read more]
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Rose of Sharon - Satin Rose
$14.95
The Hibiscus Satin Rose, 'Hibiscus syriacus 'Satin Rose', a Proven Winners selection, also known as Rose of Sharon, is a tremendous improvement in the Hardy Hibiscus. Satin... [Read more]
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Rose of Sharon - Red Heart
$13.95
Red Heart Hibiscus, Hibiscus syriacus 'Red Heart', is an upright growing shrub with large, single, saucer shaped flowers of pure white with a scarlet center. Flowers bloom ... [Read more]
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Rose of Sharon - Lavender ChiffonGäó
$14.95
Lavender Chiffon™ Hibiscus, Hibiscus syriacus 'Notwoodone' (PP12, 619), has large, single lavender flowers adorned with a lacy center to create an anemone-like bloom that b... [Read more]
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Rose of Sharon - Blushing Bride
$13.95
Rose of Sharon - Blushing Bride, Hibiscus syriacus 'Blushing Bride', produces double, rich pink flowers that fade to white. These large flowers are four inches in diameter ... [Read more]
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Grootendorst Supreme Rose
$18.95
The Grootendorst Supreme Rose, Rosa 'Grootendorst Supreme', exhibits a beautiful, vigorous, bushy plant and it is a profuse bloomer with deep crimson-red, fringed flowers t... [Read more]
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J. P. Connell Rose
$19.95
The J. P. Connell Rose, Rosa 'J. P. Connell', is a fragrant, upright shrub with double, lemon-yellow, with 2.5-3" flowers that bloom in June. The J. P. Connell Rose bl... [Read more]
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Jens Munk Rose
$19.95
The Jens Munk Rose, Rosa 'Jens Munk', is a hardy rugosa type rose that has very fragrant, medium pink, double flowers that are 2-3" in diameter and they bloom continuo... [Read more]
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John Cabot Rose
$19.95
The John Cabot Rose, Rosa 'John Cabot', has 2-3", double, fuschia (purple, pink, red) fragrant flowers that bloom freely from June through July. The dark green foliage... [Read more]
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Marie Bugnet Rose
$19.95
The Marie Bugnet Rose, Rosa 'Marie Bugnet', is a rugosa type rose that has long pointed cream colored buds that open to snowy white double flowers. The 3" wide blooms ... [Read more]
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Morden Sunrise Rose
$20.95
The Morden Sunrise Rose, Rosa 'Morden Sunrise' (PP13, 969), produces creamy orange buds that open to strongly fragrant dark orange blooms that later mature to creamy yellow... [Read more]
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My Girl Rose
$19.95
The Easy Elegance® Lifestyle Garden® My Girl rose, Rosa 'BAIgirl' (PPAF), is a New Introduction in 2008! It has adorable, round, deep pink buds that are held in clusters of... [Read more]
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Carefree SunshineGäó Rose
$19.95
The Carefree Sunshine (TM) Rose, 'Rosa 'RADsun' (PP13, 063)', produces clusters of deep golden yellow buds which open into single, 3-4" lemon-yellow blossoms. This vig... [Read more]
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