ROSE BEDS

Depending on what type of roses you want & where you wish to grow them, you have 4 main types to choose from:-

- Hybrid Tea (large flowers)

- Floribunda (clustered flowers)

- Ramblers & Climbers (clustered flowers)

- Shrub (clustered flowers)

Roses can be bought either 'bare root' or in containers. Available through mail order, bare root plants are usually

of good quality, having a wider root spread than container plants & offering good value for money.  These roses are best planted in late winter (from October-December).  The growth of the plants themselves stay dormant until the milder weather, but with the winter months providing good soil moisture, their roots establish very quickly & by early summer your new plants will be in full flower.

This page shows a bed I planted up with 'bare root' roses & the display of blooms achieved the following summer.

Roses are easy to plant & quick to grow.  With regular pruning & aftercare they will produce blooms for many years. However, roses also suffer from a range of common diseases, such as blackspot, powdery mildew, rust & dieback. Common garden pests can also plague rose growth & these include greenfly, whitefly, earwigs & sawfly.  

Regular spraying, pruning, removal of damaged & diseased leaves will all help minimise these problems & nutrient feeds, mulching & regular watering will keep the plants & blooms in good condition.