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Growing Roses Successfully

This season, why not plant roses successfully from the new range which includes yesteryear's charisma and are as wistful and quixotic as they are contemporary in their vitality; this range is disease resistant and gives a great show. The Antico Moderne roses are captivating gardeners with their voluptuous, powerful blooms and perfume.

Here are a couple of pointers that lends itself to the success of growing and raising roses.

• Roses grow best in well-aerated soil which drains well.
• The reality is that few gardens have naturally good soil with the perfect combination of clay soil, gravel, sand and humus.
• Drainage is often an issue in many gardens due to subsoil consisting of clay or solid rock that does not easily allow much water to penetrate.
• Roses do not like standing in water and they do not like to be grown in hard and compacted soil.
• Raised rose beds offer the perfect solution to drainage problems.
• Raised rose beds make it easier to obtain the right mix of soil.
• A built-up rose bed should be at least 30 to 50 cms above the original soil and lawn surface.
• The best way to keep this bed in place is by using either bricks, pavers, wood or any other retaining material so that soil does not run off when it rains or when the bed is watered.
• The rose bed should become a focal point of any garden.
• Built up rose beds permits the addition of liberal amounts of gravel, sand, compost, manure and even clay.
• The combination depends on the original soil.

Although weather patterns are threatening many parts of the country; many areas are becoming drought stricken, but there are a couple of ways that you will be able to water your roses.

• Keep your rose bush covered with leaves that will keep the plants cool, and will increase flowering and also assist in keeping it healthier.
• Spread mulch under the roses to keep the beds moist and the roots cool.
• Install a mist irrigation system.
• Prune really lightly in winter in order to promote growth.
• Fertilise your roses monthly.

Roses are wonderful grown in any garden and are a delight; take care of your roses and they will reward you richly.

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