| Officially,
there are over thirty different types of rose and thousands
of individual cultivars available to today's gardener, some
of which can be a mixture of the list below.
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types of roses... |
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| Roses
consist mainly of hardy to frost hardy, semi-evergreen shrubs and climbers. Coming in a wide range of colours and sizes due to a
massive crossing of species many cultivars are now available. Roses
are tolerant of a wide range of soils and conditions but achieve
optimum growth in damp, free draining, humus-rich soil in full sun.
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| Hybrid Tea Roses |
| The always
perfect and often fragrant flowers of hybrid tea roses
are borne singly or in small groups and are often the
rose that is sold in bouquets and flower arrangements.
The perfect flower makes this rose ideal for formal
beds and traditional rose gardens. To guarantee
flowering continuous deadheading of faded blooms is
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| Floribunda Roses |
| The prolific flowers of floribunda
roses are produced in clusters and are somewhat smaller than
hybrid teas this however is made up by the plant's ability
to produce more blooms that open together thus
creating masses of colour over longer
periods. Floribunda roses can bloom from June to the first
frost and are mostly very hardy depending on the cultivar. |
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| Grandiflora Roses |
| Combine a floribunda with a
hybrid tea and you get a grandiflora. Available in many
colours with clusters of three to fifteen large flowers on a
single stem. These roses flower more freely than hybrid teas
and they make an excellent addition to the garden. |
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| Shrub Roses |
| Hybrids of the wild rose, the flowers
of shrub roses are a little inferior to floribundas and
hybrid teas but shrub roses are very easy to grow and many
are highly fragrant, cold hardy and disease free. Shrub
roses can become quite large and are better suited to the
back of the border, grown singly as a specimen shrub or
planted in blocks for a colourful hedge. |
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| Climbing & Rambling Roses |
| These vigorous plants
can be trained up walls, trellis, fences, pergolas and even
through trees and other shrubs to raise the height of colour
in the garden. Although it can take a couple of seasons for
climbing roses to become established, once mature they are truly
magnificent as they are often repeat flowering with larger
blooms turning ugly fences or buildings into an attractive
backdrop. |
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| Standard Roses |
| This rose can be almost any type of
rose that has been pruned to carry their head on tall straight
stems three to four foot high, perfect for single
specimen plants, containers and formal beds. The advantage
of standard roses is that the flowers are produced at eye
and nose level leaving the admirer with little hard work to
enjoy the beauty of colour, form and scent. |
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| Miniature Roses |
| As the name suggests these are
dwarf roses with recurring perfectly formed miniature
flowers that require hardly any pruning. Miniature roses are
ideal for the front of borders, rock gardens, containers,
windowboxes and I have seen miniature roses used to good
effect by planting them in groups in their own circular
border within lawns. Miniature roses are particularly hardy. |
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| Ground Cover Roses |
| Low growing, trailing or
spreading roses forming a dense flowering carpet often
disguising the boundary of beds and paths. These roses are
ideal for covering difficult steep banks and soil-less
ground when planted next to manhole covers and concrete.
These trailing roses can also produce a cascade down wall
planters and beds. Not suitable for smaller gardens. |
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| Old Garden / Heirloom Roses |
| These very hardy plants
come in a variety of sizes and colours and are the most
fragrant of any rose. |
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| Species Roses |
| These wild roses or wild hybrids are
large shrubs bearing a single flush of flowers in spring to
summer turning to decorative hips in the autumn. |
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| Buying
roses |
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| You can buy
roses as bare root plants between October and March or as container
plants all year round.
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Bare-root
Roses - These are grown in
the soil and lifted in autumn to be sold in March, when they start
growing. They need to be planted out immediately, temporarily or permanently
so that the roots do not dry out.
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Container
Roses - Usually grown in the
soil, lifted and potted in containers. The main advantage of these
is that you can see the rose growing or flowering before you buy.
They tend to be slightly more expensive but the planting season is
all year round.
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| Rose
pests and diseases |
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| Rose
Pruning |
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Hybrid
teas and floribundas need proper pruning only once a year. If you
have a sheltered garden, prune just before growth starts in early
March. If your garden is exposed to strong winds, shorten long stems
in early winter to prevent the roses being damaged by rocking. Then
prune properly in late March.
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Miniature
and patio roses are best pruned in late spring, once the frost has
gone.
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Use sharp secateurs with
clean blades, ragged cuts are more prone to frost and infections. |
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Prune out any dead or
diseased branches, always clean your secateurs after pruning
diseased branches. Do not compost diseased branches, burn or
discard. |
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Prune out any crossing or rubbing branches.
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Prune all remaining stems back by half their length to an
outward-facing bud, so the new shoot that grows from it will
shoot away from the centre of the plant. Make each cut about 1cm
(1/4in) above the outward-facing bud, at a slight angle so the
rain runs off, rather than seeps into the wood. For new or
neglected roses, cut back all branches to three or four buds
from the base instead.
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| Products
for roses |
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Miracle Gro Rose Plus Plant Food - 4kgs |
Miracle-Gro
Rose Plus Granules are ready to use and rich in
essential nutrients, with extra magnesium for healthy
leaf growth.
For best results aim to feed your roses twice a
season; once in early spring after rose pruning and
again in early summer to encourage a second flush of
blooms. |
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top quality blooms and greener leaves, this is also
ideal for feeding summer flowering herbaceous
perennials and shrubs. |
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Organic Granular Rose Feed 1.5kg |
| Organic
Granular Rose Feed will satisy the appetite of even
the hungriest rose - renowned heavy feeders - and the
nutrient rich feed guarantees more flowers, fuller
blooms, greener foliage and disease resistant plants. |
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Bio Multirose RTU Spray, 1 Litre |
| Ready-to-use
rose spray, which kills pests and prevents disease.
Both systemic fungicide and natural insecticide, in a
concentrated formula for use on roses and other
ornamentals. Contains Myclobutanil and Bifenthrin. |
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Roseclear Gun 800ml |
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is a ready-to-use combined action systemic insecticide
and fungicide, which protects plants from aphid and
disease attack, including blackspot, powdery mildew
and rust. 800ml. Contains Bifenthrin and Flutriafol.
Always read the label and use pesticides safely. |
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