Amazing Garden Roses
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… we understand that many of our customers don’t have an actual ‘garden’ but they still enjoy being surrounded by roses in pots on their balcony or courtyard. Here’s sharing a few emails …
"Hi, we purchased 7 x Remember Me roses from you earlier this week. They arrived last night so we are planting them in terracotta pots today.
Is it OK to use a mix of our compost and the Scotts Osmocote “Rose, Gardenia & Azalea Potting Mix” when we put them in their pots? Thanks - Mark"
My response: Because I don't know the consistency of your compost, I'm reluctant to give opinion here ... normally, we suggest just the potting media but with terracotta pots, you'll want a bit more moisture-retention material I believe ...
We have Living Earth compost incorporated into our coir-fibre potting mix and it works like magic ... over to you - follow your heart! Oh, it might be worth doing some painting of the sides of the pots ... do a bit of research on how terracotta pots leach moisture!
Hope you enjoy the roses - do follow my instruction and cut them by at least 1/3 ... very regular seaweed solution and fertilizer at least once a month in pots. Cheers – Gra
After Anita planted her rose into a large pot, she read our instruction leaflet and realised she’d probably planted too deeply …
I sent her instructions when she emailed that she was going to remove some of the potting mix.
My response: Hi … don’t remove any of the soil just grab the branches and lift the rose gently to just above the ‘crown’ … it won’t hurt it at all! Please send a pic when you’ve done that … cheers
After gently lifting the rose to the correct position, Anita will go on to enjoy seeing this rose flowering beautifully on her balcony!
Don’t ever hesitate to contact us – email is definitely better than by phone since our phones are only manned during open times – Fri Sat Sun Mon 9am to 4pm and issues occur outside of those hours, of course! If you email and send pics to info@rosesalesonline.com.au you can be almost 100% sure of a return email within 24 hours.
Let us assist you to enjoy growing roses in your garden!
A giggle for you ...
Q: Why did the student eat his homework?
A: Because the teacher said it was a ‘piece of cake’!
Amazing Garden Roses
These three roses would work perfectly either in pots or in a garden bed together … amazing blend of colours …
Despite the freezing cold nights which roses love, we’re up bright and early defrosting hoses and lifting roses from their beds, setting them in seaweed solution prior to packing and posting them all around.
Standard roses are still being organised so it may well be early-mid August before you receive any order that contains standard roses but hey, it’s winter until 31st August and you’re sure to have your roses planted well and truly by that time!
Enjoy the sunny winter days – come to Clonbinane this Saturday at 10am and join a group to do pruning demonstration with Gra … always very entertaining and you’ll go away with a wealth of information about all aspects of gardening.
Bring the kids, dogs on a lead and stay for a cuppa if you would like … see you soon and yes, we’ll try and tape segments of the pruning demo too!
Cheers from the happy group of rose packers at Silkies Rose Farm who tolerate Gra’s silly jokes.
One last joke ...
Q: What do you call a bull that is always asleep?
A: A bulldoser … oooh, bad spelling!