Preparation Planting Care

Important For All Roses

→ NEVER allow roots to dry out
→ NEVER add fertiliser or manure to planting hole. (Well rotted compost is ideal!)
→ NEVER use chemical weedicide in a rose garden.
→ NEVER think roses are hard to grow.
→ DO NOT fertilise until foilage appears.
→ DO NOT overwater.

Site Preparation

→ Roses must be planted in an open, sunny position which gets at least 6 hours full sun daily.
→ Avoid planting too close to established trees as the soil should be well drained and nutrient enriched.
→ When planting a rose where an old rose was removed, we recommend replacing a 1/2 barrow load of fresh soil.

On Arrival

→ Remove packaging and soak plants for up to 24 hours in seaweed solution.
→ After soaking, plant your roses or cover with soil or potting mix until ready to plant in a permanent location.

Potted Roses

→ Soak the hole well before planting. Prepare a hole double the width and depth of the pot.
→ Place rose in hole. No need to loosen roots.
→ Back-fill, being sure to cover the potting mix with soil and mulch.
→ Water well (2 buckets) then apply seaweed solution.

Bare-rooted Roses

→ Dig a wide, rough-edged hole (75cm diameter) and deep enough so that the bud union sits just above ground level.
→ Create a mound of friable soil mix at the base - fan the roots over the mound. Backfill and carefully tamp the soil all the way around the stem
→ Water well (2 buckets) then apply seaweed solution.
→ Trim newly planted roses by at least 1/3 to encourage robust new growth.
→ ALL roses will grow in large tubs with diligent watering/seaweed/fertilizer.

Care

→ Start organic rose management program immediately after planting, then at least once a month thereafter. (See the Rosarian Catalogue)
→ Fortnightly applications of seaweed solution is highly recommended.
→ Mulch with lucerne, pea straw or a good pine bark - keep mulch 10cm away from stem.
→ In order to present you with the most magnificent looking two-year-old bare-rooted rose plants, you’ll receive them with 20-30cm stems which we recommend you trim by at least HALF immediately after planting!
→ Yes, we guarantee if you do this, your newly planted bare-rooted roses will start to sprout WATER SHOOTS which are the thick canes that carry massive heads of rose blooms throughout the flowering season.
→ You will have a very bushy, densely-foliaged rose rather than a leggy or spindly growing rose which may produce weak-stemmed flowers on this growth.