Any friable, well-drained, soil will grow roses. Choose a site that gets full sun, or at the very least 50% of the day in the sun. If you are replacing old roses with new roses remove as much of the old soil as possible and replace with soil that has not gorwn rose before (the old soil will gorw anything else apart from roses). If you need more information then please telephone or email us. [Click here to go to our Conact Details page]

Container-grown roses can be planted at any time of year. However, care is reuqired to ensure successful growth. The hole must be wider and deeper than the soil bail and the space between the soil balls and the sides of the hole must be filled with a soil enhanced with organic matter (garden compost, manure or proprietary rose and shrub compost, and not ordinary soil, as the roots may not grow will into ordinary soil.

Bare root roses (not in pots) can only be planted between October and March. Dif a hole large enough to accommodate the roots and place a handful of nonemeal at the bottom of the hole, mixing in with the soil. Place the rose in the ground and backfill with topsoil that has been enriched with organic matter (garden compost, manure or a proprietary rose and shrub compost).

Make sure the graft union (swelling) is at, or slightly below, soil level (see above), Water well (if no graft union is visible plant at the same level as in the pot). Standard roses and climbing roses are also easy to establish if the guidlines in the following diagrams are followed.

Correct spacing of your roses, will help to ensure optimum growth. Table 1gives a guide to the spacing required between plants of a similar type.