Welcome
to the World of Rose Gardening or Rose Gardening World. Take time and smell the roses. Roses
have been around for millions of years which just prove that roses are not
difficult to grow. The Rose is also
our National Floral Emblem and the
state flower of several states. Here at Rose Gardening World, you’ll find rose
articles that will educate you about roses – its history, rose culture, rose profiles
and even rose verses all in one place.
So visit Rose Gardening World
often.
BAREROOT
Bareroot is the traditional type for
planting where roses are dug up during the dormant season and eventually packed
with damp peat or newspapers around the roots then sent by mail, UPS or FEDEX
to the customers. As soon as you
receive these bareroot roses, remove the packing materials, trim off the
damaged roots and canes and then soak the plants in a bucket of water overnight
lest they dried out. Prepackaged roses
sold in stores are bareroot plants with moist peat around the roots and the
whole plant housed in a polythene bag or in a box. The rose plants that come in polythene bag
are reasonably priced, are available everywhere even in drugstores and come
with color picture plus instructions. However,
if plants are kept too warm in the store, there is a chance of premature growth
and/or drying out. Some of these
prepackaged bareroot roses are coated with wax which eventually melts during
the hot weather. I have no luck with the prepackaged roses and I
attributed it to the wax which eventually killed the rose.
CONTAINER-GROWN
Container-grown roses though more
expensive provide instant color than bareroot plants. Choose plants wisely. Know what you are looking for and look for a
healthy looking rose. Make sure it has
been grown in the container, not transferred into it from open ground as some
of the mail order suppliers do. The
roses that are actually grown in containers are the best specimens that I have
found. Look for them in your local
nurseries. I bought an Oso Easy rose in
a white Proven Winner container and it is an excellent plant. Worth all the money I spent on it.
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