How to
Create a bed of roses
Roses are everyone’s favourites and they’re great plants for beginners because they’re so easy to care for. Here’s how:
- Choose a spot that gets sun for most of the day.
- Improve soil before planting by digging in lots of organic compost or manure.
- Water well to settle the rose into its new home.
- Protect roses from pests (like aphids) and diseases (such as black spot) by spraying regularly with Yates Rose Gun. Yate Rose Shield – same insecticide/fungicide combination – is a more economical option if you have lots of roses.
- Because they have so much growing and flowering to do, roses need to be well fed. Yates Dynamic Lifter Advanced for Roses combines organic goodies with extra nutrients to make sure roses get all they need. Feed every six weeks while the roses are growing (that’s when they have leaves).
- Prune rose in the depths of winter. Immediately after pruning, spray with Yates Lime Sulphur to clean up pests and disease and give the roses a pest-free start for the new season.
Comments (5)
Add a comment
This area is for general comments from the Yates Garden Club community. Questions posted here will not receive a reply from Yates. For specific gardening advice visit Ask an Expert
"Bushy"Bob
Yates site member
17:56, 01 April 2011
Thank you for this information, cleaning up the aphids & black spot has not been a real problem, as I have looking the roses for that problem, much the same way yo have described, I have always pruned back in mid winter. What I did not know was spraying immediately after pruning with Yates Lime Sulpur, so that's what I will be doing this winter. This has been a big help! so what do they say you do learn something everyday!! Thanks again. Bushy Bob.
Cheryl
Yates site member
16:59, 11 April 2011
I too will be trying the Yates Lime Sulpur.
Wendy
Yates site member
23:15, 23 April 2011
We have cleared our block and are rebuilding - which means planting a whole new garden!! I intend to plant lots of roses. I particularly like the David Austin English roses and will give some a try. I have managed to retain a Mr Lincoln, a Just Joey, a Camp David and a Charles DeGaulle at the back of the garden. Have pruned mulched and fertilized and have to hope they survive until December with little care as soon we will be locked out of the block.
Bob
Yates site member
15:23, 01 September 2011
Have planted 2 new rose beds - 39 David Austin roses plus some minatures in front. All doing fine so far. Choice included William Shakespeare, Tess, The Prince (this one is coming along very early and has some buds), Ben Britten, Scepted Isle, Strawberry Hill. Roses were last year's barerooted potted up by supplier and bought and planted in May. Looking forward to some very nice roses.
Dianne
Yates site member
12:01, 30 December 2011
Can I dig Dynamic lifter as well as cow manure into my roses now? Also how had should I prune new climbing Eden roses. This is their first year. Many thanks
Add your reply