Planting Roses - Are You Ready?

“Rose” it has captured the mind and hearts of numerous gardener.

The botanical name of a rose is “Rosa” which is followed by the species name. Some of them are:
Rosa canina, Rosa palustris, Rosa multiflora.

Early spring is the the best time to plant rose. After all danger of a hard freeze is past spring planting is done, but there are ways from which you can protect your rose from heavy frosts. Once your area’s frost date is over, the rose will start giving out new roots and leaves which will start appearing.

When planting in the Fall, make sure that the rose has a good chance of going dormant for the winter but also it should not die due to severe freezing, which means a planting time of 5-6 week before ground freeze. In that time span the rose will grow new roots and when spring will roll around it will get a head start.
Regarding soil well drained amended with composted matter is preferable to roses. Neither clay nor sandy soils therefore if you have either of these types of soil, dig the hole for the rose bush about 1 and 1/2 times larger more than needed and then mix in composted soil with your regular soil to get it to where the roses will rise. If the soil you are using is in good shape, then mix the soil dug from the hole with composted manure then mix them up at 50% of composted manure and 50% of natural soil from the hole.

At the bottom of the rose stem swelling occurs from which new canes comes out. Plant the rose bush with the bud a couple of inches above the ground, while in the colder zones, plant the shrub with the bud slightly below the soil level.

On the other hand planting a container grown rose is much more easier than bare root rose cultivation. All you need is just dig a hole of about twice the width and depth of the root ball and then amend the soil, after doing that remove the rose from the pot and then place the rose in the hole making sure the bud is at the proper depth and then fill in with amended soil and water deeply.
Roses prefer at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a single day. Always be careful that about not to plant roses in a place where they get morning shade because this increases the chance of disease, the main reason of the sunlight is to dry morning dew off the plant as fast as possible and good air circulation is also important to prevent diseases.

If you want to yield good, then provide roses with a lot of food. They are heavy feeders so if you don’t forget about fertilizing, you’ll be rewarded amply. Some example of fertilizers are:
Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus. these are the three major ingredients needed by all plants to grow and thrive.
According to the rules fertilizers have a numerical N-P-K ratio printed on the container, the ideal N-P-K for roses is 6-12-6
Fertilizers may consist of organic and inorganic materials.