Roses are among the most popular plants in the UK, and with good reason. They are beautiful to look at from your Norfolk Leisure Life garden furniture, and can also be surprisingly easy to grow and maintain. This blog will provide some tips for cultivating roses in your garden.
Container vs. bare-root
When it comes to roses, you have two choices: pre-potted or bare-root ones. If you are fairly new to gardening, the first of those will be the better choice.
Known as container roses, you buy them potted in soil and they are easier to plant. Just put them in the ground on a day where conditions are cloudy and cool.
Bare-root roses are trickier, but offer greater variety. Before you can put them in your garden beds, you will need to soak the roots overnight. You should make sure they remain moist at first after they are in the ground too.
Pick the right rose
Roses come in different classes, including climbing roses, groundcovers, grandifloras and micro-miniatures. You will get better results if you stick to a couple rather than planting roses from multiple classes. In terms of looking after them, landscape and shrub roses are both low-maintenance.
Pick the correct spot and time
The best place to plant roses will be a spot in your garden that is exposed to the sun. They ideally need at least six hours of sunlight each day. The best times for bedding them are in spring or autumn.
You can have a lovely rose garden this year if you follow these tips!
