How to Keep a Healthy Rose Garden

The wonderful thing about roses is that they are not just one of the most classically beautiful flowers in the world, but that just about anyone can grow them. You do not need a green thumb to tempt truly incredible roses to flourish in your care. You just need to follow some basic rose gardening tenets in order to keep your plants happy, healthy and blooming throughout the entire growing season. Here are tips. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

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Make sure your garden gets plenty of sunshine. Morning sunlight is best because it keeps moisture from sitting on the leaves and potentially causing problems with mildew or disease. If you have not yet planted your garden, watch the area where you hope to plant to see what kind of sunlight it gets. Roses need about six hours a day. If you have already planted, make sure that your roses are getting their requisite six hours. If they are not, then you may need to clear the area around them to let in more light.

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Feed your roses regularly. You can use homemade or store-bought fertilizers. The important thing is that your fertilizer has a lot of nitrogen early in the season, and a lot of phosphorous late in the season. You should spread new fertilizer around your roses every other week.

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Water your roses frequently, but not heavily. Too much water at one time can cause your roses' roots to rot and leaves to mold. Sprinkle your garden lightly at least once a day, or bury a soaker hose under some mulch to allow the water to diffuse through the soil. Do not use high water pressure when watering your roses or you will wash away soil and valuable nutrients.

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Lay down a thick layer of mulch to control weeds. The mulch will not only supplement your roses' other fertilizer, but it will also prevent most weeds from breaking through the top layer of soil to the sunlight. If weeds make it through the mulch, remove them entirely from the ground. If you leave their roots, they will just grow back.

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Prune your roses. By removing dead and diseased blossoms as well as trimming thin and sickly shoots, you can encourage your rosebushes to bloom more and avoid disease. Pruning helps a plant focus its energy on its healthiest parts, which means bigger flowers and lusher greenery for you.