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How to Take Care of Rose Bushes
How to Take Care of Rose Bushes. Growing your own roses is a simple and frugal way to have gorgeous blooms indoor and out. There are dozens of varieties of roses, making them one of the most popular elements in a flower garden or landscape project. While somewhat finicky before they are fully established, the end result of mature, glorious...
Growing your own roses is a simple and frugal way to have gorgeous blooms indoor and out. There are dozens of varieties of roses, making them one of the most popular elements in a flower garden or landscape project. While somewhat finicky before they are fully established, the end result of mature, glorious rosebushes makes the effort to care for them worthwhile. Here's how to take care of rose bushes.
Things You'll Need
Mulch
Fertilizer
Pruning shears
Taking Cae fo Rose Bushes
Choose a mostly sunny location to plant your rosebushes. Some shade is OK, but roses do best in full sun. If your rose bushes are in full shade most of the day, you'll need to transplant them to a sunny spot.
Prepare a rich, loose soil mix for your rosebushes. Roses require plenty of food and nutrients. Work your soil, adding in well-composted organic matter, manure and mineral fertilizer. Combine this with the native soil and dig out a large hole for your rosebush, refilling it with the soil mixture as you plant the bushes.
Mulch your rose bushes with a natural form of mulch, such as wood chips. This keeps weeds away and helps protect their roots. Mulching also keeps the soil warm and moist instead of hot and dry in the summer.
Prune your rose bushes after the buds begin to swell in the spring, pruning just past the new buds. A good pruning will encourage new growth, remove dead matter and help give the plant the shape you want.
Fertilize your rose bushes with specially formulated rose fertilizer or mineral plant supplements. Roses like fertilizer and will do well with the added boost to the soil.
Water your rose bushes regularly, but make sure the soil drains well. Roses don't like to live in a swamp. Water them daily while they are becoming established, and several times a week in hot, dry spells.
Tips & Warnings
Grow miniature roses in pots to decorate a porch, deck or outdoor living area.
