by Andrew Caxton
Flower and plants can be the best options for landscaping a particular area, be it your home or corporate building, and undoubtedly rose bushes are by far the best choice. This article guides us on how to create a beautiful landscape with rose bushes and other plant and flowers.
Landscaping with roses
Basically, landscaping involves arrangement of plants, trees and flowers in a particular space, in a particular manner, to make its appearance synchronized and beautiful, the space may be someone's yard or the premises of a corporate building. Landscaping can be fun, especially if you like gardening, and using a lot of rose bushes in you project can make your project even more interesting and appreciable.
Planning is the first and the most important step in any type of landscaping project. The main purpose of planning in landscaping is to decide how to arrange the rose garden and the other plants and trees in order to enhance the beauty of the space. Basically it is similar to gardening, but is done in a systematic and creative manner. To begin with, sketching out the whole plan on paper can be a good idea. The sketch should include the complete and accurate details of the area to be landscaped, these details will definitely prove useful for chalking out a good plan.
Another factor that needs careful consideration while planning the landscape is the color combination. Having a little knowledge about colors can be of great help. It is important to make sure that the color of the roses complement it's surrounding and the structures present on the area to be landscaped. It's advisable to plant flowers of contrast colors, to get the combination right.
While planning the layout of your rose plants on your landscape with the other bushes, it is very important to give special consideration to the spacing between them. Plants require sufficient space and water to thrive and over crowding can ruin the beauty as well as the growth of the plants. Hence it is advisable to restrict the use of too many plants and pay more attention to spacing and color combination for excellent results.
About the Author
Andrew Caxton is a freelance writer for http://www.lawn-mowers-and-garden-tractors.com . For additional information on gardening with roses or cutting grass subjects have a look at his web.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Tips For Designing Your Rose Garden
By Sandy Burke
I think the use of landscape roses makes the exterior of any house more graceful, fragrant and inviting. If you select the right varieties to accent and compliment the home's style and your vision, landscape roses will contribute to the success of your landscape and rose garden design.
Finding the perfect roses for your rose garden is not that hard because of the many varieties of roses. The problem lies in choosing the right rose bushes for your landscape needs and the design you are trying to archive.
Roses come in a number of different classes. Each class holds characteristics that make them a great choice for use as landscape ornamentals. As an example, suppose you'd like to have roses growing up and over an archway or trellis or archway or cascading from window boxes. Then the tall growing tea roses are a perfect choice. Tea roses are famous for their wild growing blooms. Use the tea rose and every time you or your guests walk under the archway you'll enjoy a beautiful display of roses.
If a trellis isn't available and you're looking to accent a wall, then why not try a true climbing rose. The beauty of a true climbing rose allows you train the plant into many different looks and effects. I've always loved the way it can be trained to grow so many different ways.
I also love the Floribunda rose when I'm looking for a vibrant splash of background color. When I use the Floribunda rose varieties, I know my garden will be alive with color because of their large and breathtaking sprays of blooms.
I also use the versatile rose as a ground cover or planted in front of other plants to give color and accent. I've also used them as stand alone specimens and trained them into a small tree or as hedges. I think the Rugosa roses are a good choice for this. The goal or impact of the rose is not the varieties or ways it can be grown but the colors they offer in making your garden come alive with a palette of colors.
What I and most gardeners want are healthy rose plants that deliver impact in many sizes, styles, textures, colors and shapes. When considering your design for your rose garden try to choose complimentary colors for your surrounding landscape.
Consider that a simple arrangement of pink roses can deliver the perfect compliment to a stone or marble entranceway or drive. White tea roses can offer a striking contrast against a dark red brick home. Since roses come in so many different colors it is relatively easy to find colors to compliment and enhance any decorating or landscape design you can imagine. Designing your rose garden should be exciting and challenging to say the least. So incorporate your own color favorites and mix styles and textures for an interesting appeal.
Although roses can do well in a variety of temperature zones and climates, make sure you choose the varieties suitable to the area in which you live. This translates into fewer maintenance issues, less pesticides and disease issues promoting overall a healthier rose garden.
So what are you waiting for? Why not get started planning your rose garden today?
Sandy Burke is a mother and grandmother who enjoys gardening and helping others learn about and enjoy gardening.
For more information and tips on choosing the right roses for your garden, please visit her website at http://www.rose-gardening-advisor.com/ and remember to sign up for her free weekly newsletter on rose gardening.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
You Can Grow Roses Easily
By Thomas Straub
Quite a few people want to know if roses are difficult to grow. The answer is definitely not. Actually, roses are simple to grow and need only a little more care than any other perennial plant.
Here is a look at the planting, care and maintenance of roses.
Planting Roses
Preparing the soil for roses is vitally important since they use a lot of nutrients. An excellent idea would be to use 100% organic compost, not just for the nutrients provided in the compost, but also because the compost will drain well and still keep lots of moisture. Rose need plenty of water, as well as a well-drained planting bed.
Caring for Your Roses
Since Roses blossom during the entire growing season, they are big users of nutrients and will need regular fertilizing.
In the spring when the leaves begin to bud out, feed your roses, and again in late summer or early fall, depending on what area of the country you live in.
How to Deal With Diseases That Effect Roses
Roses are vulnerable to mildew, fungi and insect infestation. Most of these diseases can be prevented from happening. Even better, all of them can be controlled with regular applications of fungicides and insecticides.
Several kinds of beneficial insects can be placed into your garden to help you control insect infestations, without using chemicals.
Getting Your Roses Ready for Winter
In warm climates, not much needs to be done to prepare your roses for winter, beyond adding a good layer of mulch. In colder climates that have temperatures sink below 25 degrees F, you will want to protect your roses with additional mulch.
Building cages to surround your roses and then filling them with mulch after the initial freeze will make sure that your roses survive throughout the winter. Then, you can see your beautiful roses bloom again in the spring!
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Tom Straub is a successful author, and webmaster of the Best Gardening Tips web site, where you can read more on Flower Gardening and more than a dozen other gardening topics.
Quite a few people want to know if roses are difficult to grow. The answer is definitely not. Actually, roses are simple to grow and need only a little more care than any other perennial plant.Here is a look at the planting, care and maintenance of roses.
Planting Roses
Preparing the soil for roses is vitally important since they use a lot of nutrients. An excellent idea would be to use 100% organic compost, not just for the nutrients provided in the compost, but also because the compost will drain well and still keep lots of moisture. Rose need plenty of water, as well as a well-drained planting bed.
Caring for Your Roses
Since Roses blossom during the entire growing season, they are big users of nutrients and will need regular fertilizing.
In the spring when the leaves begin to bud out, feed your roses, and again in late summer or early fall, depending on what area of the country you live in.
How to Deal With Diseases That Effect Roses
Roses are vulnerable to mildew, fungi and insect infestation. Most of these diseases can be prevented from happening. Even better, all of them can be controlled with regular applications of fungicides and insecticides.
Several kinds of beneficial insects can be placed into your garden to help you control insect infestations, without using chemicals.
Getting Your Roses Ready for Winter
In warm climates, not much needs to be done to prepare your roses for winter, beyond adding a good layer of mulch. In colder climates that have temperatures sink below 25 degrees F, you will want to protect your roses with additional mulch.
Building cages to surround your roses and then filling them with mulch after the initial freeze will make sure that your roses survive throughout the winter. Then, you can see your beautiful roses bloom again in the spring!
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Tom Straub is a successful author, and webmaster of the Best Gardening Tips web site, where you can read more on Flower Gardening and more than a dozen other gardening topics.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Climbing Roses-The Perfect Choice
If a single rose is enough to suggest romance, consider the impact of climbers.Their first shoots instinctively flirt with a picket fence or post.Gaining maturity, they'll overtake a trellis with a billowing bouquet of buds.Plant a bare-root climbing rose; and it'll start romancing your landscape this summer--and increasing its charms for years to come.
Climbers are the most vigorous forms of many kinds of roses, from polyanthas to hybrid teas. Climbers won't clutch and twine without help; they need tying when canes are long enough to move into position.Though some rampant growers develop canes as long as 60 feet, others are compact and easily trained; choose one that's right for your situation.
STRUCTERS FOR CLIMBING ROSES:
Climbers bloom off old wood and may take a few years to establish; the same is true of Lady Banks.Choose a structure that's large and sturdy enough to support the plant at maturity.Use pressure-treated wood for posts, and set the posts in concrete.If you build or buy a structure like an archway or pergola, construction must be solid and the base long enough to set 2 feet into the ground.Some prebuilt units are not hefty enough for climbing roses.You can place a trellis in front of a masonry wall and train the rose on it, or secure plant attachments directly in the wall.
TRAINING THE CANES:
All climbers bloom best when canes are trained horizontally.This causes growth buds to emerge and grow upward, producing an abundance of flowering branches.Roses that do best on pillars have flexible canes to about 10 feet.These climbers need little space, yet give a dramatic display, especially if you twist the canes around the post. Although small, stiff-caned bushes like 'Altissimo' can be trained to a post, they bloom better when canes are fanned or horizontal. In mild climates, where canes grow rapidly, you may need to start training the first year the rose is in the ground.In colder regions, growth may stay in bounds without training until the second year.To attach canes to the support, use a stretchy, strong material like plastic nursery tape or strips of old nylon stockings; avoid wire or cord that can cut into branches.
PRUNING:
For the first two or three years, just remove faded flowers to promote repeat flowering.Once some wood has matured and strong climbing canes are established, prune to stimulate growth of new canes and flowering laterals.Each winter (at the same time you prune bush roses), shorten flowering laterals to 3 to 6 inches long, or to two to four buds.Remove weak or dead wood at the base,and keep as many productive shoots as possible.
Climbers' other needs are water, fertilizer, and pest and disease control are similar to those of bush roses.Climbing roses are an important type of rose, fulfilling the need for roses which take up less space and can act as a vine.Many people also prefer the look of climbing roses, as a wall of roses can be very visually appealing. Climbing roses are a different type of rose from rose bushes and shrubs, and thus climbing rose care is different from care of shrub roses.
As with any other rose, climbing roses need flower fertilizer, plenty of sunlight, and well drained soil with lots of organic material.Some types of climbing roses do not need as much sun as other types of roses, which could be easier to fit into a typical flower garden.The lighter color climbing roses generally tolerate shade better than the darker color climbers. For more information: http://www.acauzee.com/Roses/
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Friday, November 09, 2007
Pruning Your Roses Correctly
Pruning your roses is one of the most needed and the most annoyingly difficult tasks that goes with proper rose care.It takes a steady hand the proper procedure to ensure the best possible roses that you can get.if you really desire that beautiful rose garden then you should have the correct rose gardening tools. The following suggestions will help insure that your roses grow into healthy bushes, trees, etc.
USE THE RIGHT TOOLS:
Use bypass pruners,because they cut like a pair of scissors, rather than anvil-type pruners. Anvil pruners tend to crush the stems. Long-handled lopping shears and a pruning saw will handle any large, heavy, old stems.Remember to protect your hands with heavy canvas or leather gloves. The first step in pruning roses is the same for all rose types Remove all dead, damaged or weak stems leaving only the most vigorous,healthy canes. When pruning, check to make sure the stems show no sign of discoloration.If they appear diseased, you will need to cut farther down into healthy wood.Dip your pruning shears periodically in a 70 percent alcohol solution to avoid spreading diseases.Prune roses so the plant is more open in the center.
This will increase air circulation and help prevent disease. Roses send out new growth from the bud just below a pruning cut. Try to make pruning cuts above a leaf bud facing out from the center of the plant. Make pruning cuts one-quarter inch above the bud and angled at the same angle as the bud. Whenever two canes cross each other, one can be removed. All pruning cuts on canes greater than the thickness of a pencil should be sealed with nail polish or wood glue; to prevent cane borers from entering. It is important to prune roses according to their type.
One time blooming and repeat flowering roses are pruned at different times. Hybrid tea, shrub and climbing roses are all pruned differently. Weak-growing rose varieties and first-year plants should be pruned lightly.This allows the plants to put more energy into establishing a strong root system. Vigorous rose varieties are pruned more severely,for repeat blooming roses such as Hybrid Teas, Floribundas and Grandifloras, heavy annual pruning that is done in the spring, just as the leaf buds begin to swell.
Prune hard if you want large blooms suitable for cut flowers This hard pruning will produce fewer total blooms.Lighter pruning will produce more, but smaller flowers to enjoy in the garden Cut out all but three to five of the healthiest, most vigorous canes Prune these canes 15 to 18 inches from ground level. Remove any weak, small or short stems.
Generally with Hybrid Teas, any cane thinner than a pencil should be removed.Wait until after blooming is finished before pruning old-fashioned roses and climbers that bloom only once a year, such as the popular 'Lady Banks' Rose. These early one time bloomers should be pruned immediately after flowering. Cut away all weak or damaged stems and remove the oldest canes,leaving five to seven strong canes untouched.
Remember that flowers are produced on stems at least one year old on most running or climbing roses.The stems that you leave will bear next year's flowers.Climbers that bloom on the current season's growth can be pruned more severely. When pruning large and tangled climbing roses, be careful not to damage healthy stems while removing the stems to be discarded. It is easier to remove most stems in sections. Most old garden and shrub roses require little pruning, especially if you want to maintain a natural form. Hard pruning can ruin their graceful shape and severely reduce their flowering.
Consider light pruning to open up the center of the plant for better air circulation, or to remove very old unproductive stems is usually all that is needed.Most old garden and shrub roses bloom once in a season. Everblooming miniature rose varieties can be lightly trimmed or tip-pruned several times a year. For More Information In Rose Gardening Go Now To: http://www.acauzee.com/Roses/
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007
How to Select the Best Roses for Your Garden
By David Elefant
There's a huge choice of roses that you can cultivate in your home garden. Having such a big selection to pick out from, your choice may seem more like a complex chore than the enjoyment that it should be. We are sure you would like to make this procedure easier; to do, so you should take into consideration the following important tips that you should bear in mind before choosing your roses.
Size
The size of the roses you choose is a very significant factor. Imagine the height of your roses when full-grown. If the roses reach sixteen feet in height, will they still look beautiful in your garden? Keep in mind, the size of roses vary. Whereas some roses may develop up to nine feet, others may grow up to nineteen feet in height or more.
Determine the size of your garden before choosing the roses you want to place in the ground. Balance your width and height measurements with roses you're looking to acquire. Your roses should have the necessary amount of room to grow as well as an abundance of air space. If you only have a minimal amount of space to reserve for your roses, you may need to think about growing miniature roses. These roses do not take up much space and are trouble-free to plant and take care of.
Color
In addition to size, you will need to see how the colors of your roses affect your garden? Study several catalogs, as well as your neighbors' gardens, to get an inspiration of the colors you like the most.
Though, the colors of your roses might not seem that important, you should think about the colors of the other flowers and plants that your roses will live with in the garden. Will the mixture of colors look pleasant, or will they conflict? For some people, color-selection is a main concern; while for others, it's no big deal.
Climate
While height is an important aspect in your rose garden planning, selecting the right roses for your specific climatic area is also essential. In order for your roses to grow vigorous and mature, they have to be used to your climate. For instance, if you reside in an region where it snows 7 months out of the year, you'll want to be sure you buy roses that can hold up to cold temperatures.
Maintenance
How much of your day are you willing to use maintaining your roses? Do you want to spend most of your waking hours in the garden, or are you more of a low-maintenance type of person? There are quite a few varieties of roses which are very high-maintenance. Although, they will look great in your garden, they will also take much of your time. The classification known as "Modern Roses" are very attractive, long blooming, and exceptionally aromatic, then again they are very high maintenance and are susceptible to diseases.
The rose category recognized as "Old Garden Roses", have been bred to be very disease-free and need less maintenance. "Old Garden Roses" blooms for numerous months at a time, and have a strong and beautiful perfume. The downside is that persons with strong allergies to scents will have a hard time near them. If this seems to be a problem for a family member or a frequent visitor then you may prefer any of the variety known as "shrub roses". They are also disease-resilient and have a long blooming period, but do not give off as potent a scent.
Landscape roses may be your best choice if you are a gardening newbie and want to start your first garden by planting roses. These roses are easily cared for and disease-resistant. They'll look spectacular just about anyplace. If your garden has trellises, you can also try adding a few climbing roses. While climbing roses seem the same as landscape roses, climbing roses have been taught to grow upward like vines. They're a gorgeous addition to any home.
To find more tips on growing a rose garden visit http://www.rose.myzury.com, a site that focuses in giving rose gardening advice, tips and resources that you can use to grow a beautiful rose garden.
There's a huge choice of roses that you can cultivate in your home garden. Having such a big selection to pick out from, your choice may seem more like a complex chore than the enjoyment that it should be. We are sure you would like to make this procedure easier; to do, so you should take into consideration the following important tips that you should bear in mind before choosing your roses.
Size
The size of the roses you choose is a very significant factor. Imagine the height of your roses when full-grown. If the roses reach sixteen feet in height, will they still look beautiful in your garden? Keep in mind, the size of roses vary. Whereas some roses may develop up to nine feet, others may grow up to nineteen feet in height or more.
Determine the size of your garden before choosing the roses you want to place in the ground. Balance your width and height measurements with roses you're looking to acquire. Your roses should have the necessary amount of room to grow as well as an abundance of air space. If you only have a minimal amount of space to reserve for your roses, you may need to think about growing miniature roses. These roses do not take up much space and are trouble-free to plant and take care of.
Color
In addition to size, you will need to see how the colors of your roses affect your garden? Study several catalogs, as well as your neighbors' gardens, to get an inspiration of the colors you like the most.
Though, the colors of your roses might not seem that important, you should think about the colors of the other flowers and plants that your roses will live with in the garden. Will the mixture of colors look pleasant, or will they conflict? For some people, color-selection is a main concern; while for others, it's no big deal.
Climate
While height is an important aspect in your rose garden planning, selecting the right roses for your specific climatic area is also essential. In order for your roses to grow vigorous and mature, they have to be used to your climate. For instance, if you reside in an region where it snows 7 months out of the year, you'll want to be sure you buy roses that can hold up to cold temperatures.
Maintenance
How much of your day are you willing to use maintaining your roses? Do you want to spend most of your waking hours in the garden, or are you more of a low-maintenance type of person? There are quite a few varieties of roses which are very high-maintenance. Although, they will look great in your garden, they will also take much of your time. The classification known as "Modern Roses" are very attractive, long blooming, and exceptionally aromatic, then again they are very high maintenance and are susceptible to diseases.
The rose category recognized as "Old Garden Roses", have been bred to be very disease-free and need less maintenance. "Old Garden Roses" blooms for numerous months at a time, and have a strong and beautiful perfume. The downside is that persons with strong allergies to scents will have a hard time near them. If this seems to be a problem for a family member or a frequent visitor then you may prefer any of the variety known as "shrub roses". They are also disease-resilient and have a long blooming period, but do not give off as potent a scent.
Landscape roses may be your best choice if you are a gardening newbie and want to start your first garden by planting roses. These roses are easily cared for and disease-resistant. They'll look spectacular just about anyplace. If your garden has trellises, you can also try adding a few climbing roses. While climbing roses seem the same as landscape roses, climbing roses have been taught to grow upward like vines. They're a gorgeous addition to any home.
To find more tips on growing a rose garden visit http://www.rose.myzury.com, a site that focuses in giving rose gardening advice, tips and resources that you can use to grow a beautiful rose garden.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Why Bare Root Roses Are A Stand Out Choice
by Glenn Cutforth
Bare root roses are not very pretty when they arrive at your door. They're dormant stock and brown roots, but since there's no chance of transplant shock, they're a great choice for beginning your rose garden. They're grown in fields, dug out in the fall, put into cold storage, then shipped to you. You can then plant them in early spring in virtually any part of the country.
One advantage of choosing bare root roses is the selection. You have a much wider range of choices then in a standard nursery. Depending on where you live, you can plant as early as February, which allows the root system to become well established earlier. You usually get better first year growth, as well as better quality roses.
When your bare root roses arrive, their very survival depends on you doing a few things. First, plant them as soon as possible, or store them in moist soil. You definitely don't want them to dry out! The heeling in process, as it's called, is just laying the roses on their sides, and gently heaping loose soil over the roots. Be sure to keep the soil moist until you plant them. Before that however, you'll want to inspect the roses immediately. Any damaged roots or canes should be snipped off with clean, sharp pruning shears. You don't want disease or rot spreading, specifically root and crown galls, so act quickly.
Additionally, you should soak the roots overnight in either willow water, or add a little rooting activator to the bucket of water. This contains a synthetic Vitamin B1. This will aid in dehydrating the roots. Save the water for later planting use. Next prepare the hole for planting. It should be one and a half times as deep and one and a half times as wide as the root system is long. You'll want to support the rose's root crown by mounding some soil around the hole.
If you've properly prepared your soil, enhancing it isn't necessary. If your soil lacks nutrients, add a little bone meal or ground phosphate rock to the hole bottom. You can try adding a touch of kelp powder into the hole too for added health. Plant according to your hardiness zone. In all cases you'll want to spread the roots down, and over the top of the mounded soil, into the holes bottom. Equally distribute the roots around the mound. Never wrap roots around the rose. Remember, placing them properly will ensure good growth.
There are five types of bare root roses available in the United States. These include the Hybrid Tea-large flowers, about 30-50 petals per stem, one bloom per stem; Grandiflora have large blooms in clusters on the stem; The Floribunda have continually blooming, compact clusters of blooms on each stem; The Climbers include the types above except they climb and spread; and finally there are shrub type roses, which grow to be 5 to 15 feet tall and wide. They're self-cleaning so you don't need to deadhead them. David Austin's unique group of hybridized roses (typically called English Roses) belong to this class.
Adding bare root roses to your landscape has, not only the outlined benefits, but they add interest to your garden with their many types and colours. Bring some into your life, and you won't ever want them to stay forever -- and they almost do.
About the Author
Glenn Cutforth is a writer, graphic designer and publisher of quality eBooks at Maxx Publishing http://www.MaxxPublishing.com. If you're interested in getting started with your own Garden, visit his website Lawn and Garden Magic at http://www.LawnandGardenMagic.com, where you'll find a wealth of information, tips and resources.
Bare root roses are not very pretty when they arrive at your door. They're dormant stock and brown roots, but since there's no chance of transplant shock, they're a great choice for beginning your rose garden. They're grown in fields, dug out in the fall, put into cold storage, then shipped to you. You can then plant them in early spring in virtually any part of the country.
One advantage of choosing bare root roses is the selection. You have a much wider range of choices then in a standard nursery. Depending on where you live, you can plant as early as February, which allows the root system to become well established earlier. You usually get better first year growth, as well as better quality roses.
When your bare root roses arrive, their very survival depends on you doing a few things. First, plant them as soon as possible, or store them in moist soil. You definitely don't want them to dry out! The heeling in process, as it's called, is just laying the roses on their sides, and gently heaping loose soil over the roots. Be sure to keep the soil moist until you plant them. Before that however, you'll want to inspect the roses immediately. Any damaged roots or canes should be snipped off with clean, sharp pruning shears. You don't want disease or rot spreading, specifically root and crown galls, so act quickly.
Additionally, you should soak the roots overnight in either willow water, or add a little rooting activator to the bucket of water. This contains a synthetic Vitamin B1. This will aid in dehydrating the roots. Save the water for later planting use. Next prepare the hole for planting. It should be one and a half times as deep and one and a half times as wide as the root system is long. You'll want to support the rose's root crown by mounding some soil around the hole.
If you've properly prepared your soil, enhancing it isn't necessary. If your soil lacks nutrients, add a little bone meal or ground phosphate rock to the hole bottom. You can try adding a touch of kelp powder into the hole too for added health. Plant according to your hardiness zone. In all cases you'll want to spread the roots down, and over the top of the mounded soil, into the holes bottom. Equally distribute the roots around the mound. Never wrap roots around the rose. Remember, placing them properly will ensure good growth.
There are five types of bare root roses available in the United States. These include the Hybrid Tea-large flowers, about 30-50 petals per stem, one bloom per stem; Grandiflora have large blooms in clusters on the stem; The Floribunda have continually blooming, compact clusters of blooms on each stem; The Climbers include the types above except they climb and spread; and finally there are shrub type roses, which grow to be 5 to 15 feet tall and wide. They're self-cleaning so you don't need to deadhead them. David Austin's unique group of hybridized roses (typically called English Roses) belong to this class.
Adding bare root roses to your landscape has, not only the outlined benefits, but they add interest to your garden with their many types and colours. Bring some into your life, and you won't ever want them to stay forever -- and they almost do.
About the Author
Glenn Cutforth is a writer, graphic designer and publisher of quality eBooks at Maxx Publishing http://www.MaxxPublishing.com. If you're interested in getting started with your own Garden, visit his website Lawn and Garden Magic at http://www.LawnandGardenMagic.com, where you'll find a wealth of information, tips and resources.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
The Beauty Of Roses
by Tango Pang
Roses are probably one of the most prized flowers in a garden. There are so many types of roses that one could plant acres and acres of them and each rosebush could bear a different type of flower. The beauty and the fragrance of roses have been celebrated for many centuries, and they still hold a high stature in flower gardening today.
You have several choices to make if you are considering planting and growing roses. Firstly , you want to consider the climate in the area where you live. Roses grow the best in climates where temperatures never get too extreme either way, and they prefer soil that drains well.
Rosebushes are thirsty plants too, and she welcomes fairly long rainy seasons. If you live in an area which is hot and dry most of the time, try to find roses that have been bred to better withstand this type of dry climate. Rose breeders are constantly doing research to create hardier plants; roses that can withstand very cold or very hot climates.
Once you've found the type of rose that grows best in your area, then you will want to decide on color, scent, size, etc. There are some roses that have been bred with a focus on beauty, and they may not have strong scent as some others roses. Other types of roses give off such a strong scent that they can saturate your entire yard with their sweet rose fragrance. It is just a matter of preference, but most rose gardeners try to find something somewhere in the middle.
The beauty of roses is that you have so many colors from which to choose from that you are guaranteed to find exactly what you are looking for. The right choice of rose will accentuate your yard and home in a beautiful way that one can only imagine.
About the Author
TangoPang runs an several informational website dedicated to providing unbiased information on Home and Gardening Improvement topics. For more gardening tips, please see http://www.howto-lawncare.com
Roses are probably one of the most prized flowers in a garden. There are so many types of roses that one could plant acres and acres of them and each rosebush could bear a different type of flower. The beauty and the fragrance of roses have been celebrated for many centuries, and they still hold a high stature in flower gardening today.
You have several choices to make if you are considering planting and growing roses. Firstly , you want to consider the climate in the area where you live. Roses grow the best in climates where temperatures never get too extreme either way, and they prefer soil that drains well.
Rosebushes are thirsty plants too, and she welcomes fairly long rainy seasons. If you live in an area which is hot and dry most of the time, try to find roses that have been bred to better withstand this type of dry climate. Rose breeders are constantly doing research to create hardier plants; roses that can withstand very cold or very hot climates.
Once you've found the type of rose that grows best in your area, then you will want to decide on color, scent, size, etc. There are some roses that have been bred with a focus on beauty, and they may not have strong scent as some others roses. Other types of roses give off such a strong scent that they can saturate your entire yard with their sweet rose fragrance. It is just a matter of preference, but most rose gardeners try to find something somewhere in the middle.
The beauty of roses is that you have so many colors from which to choose from that you are guaranteed to find exactly what you are looking for. The right choice of rose will accentuate your yard and home in a beautiful way that one can only imagine.
About the Author
TangoPang runs an several informational website dedicated to providing unbiased information on Home and Gardening Improvement topics. For more gardening tips, please see http://www.howto-lawncare.com
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Show Your Green Thumb Off With These Helpful Hints for Growing A Beautiful Rose Garden
By Tim Gorman
Beginning a rose garden can feel like an overwhelming prospect -- just choosing a rose to plant can blow your mind if you start looking at all the options out there. Books, designed to be "helpful", can make the situation worse. They contain so many hints, so much advice, so much of it looking contradictory -- it is no wonder you want to toss them out the window and give up! Forget the books for now; what follows is some basic, uncomplicated, information to get your rose garden started.
Rose bushes need plenty of breathing space, so look at your available room and figure how many plants you can handle based on spacing them at least 18" apart, further if possible. Climbers require even more room -- at least 12 feet between bushes! If you are planting miniatures in your garden, a foot to 15" apart should be enough space. Do not overcrowd if you want your rose plants to be healthy and blooming.
Roses should preferably be planted in the spring, but no later than early summer. They need time to get their roots deeply underground to survive cold and freezing temperatures. Also, most varieties of roses require around six hours of direct sunlight, so plan accordingly. Some roses are happy in the shade, however, so assess your garden space and watch the sunlight carefully. If you do not have lots of sun, check with the nursery to find a rose variety that is suitable for shady areas.
In the spring and summer, roses need to have a lot of water. You do not necessarily need to water your rose garden every day, only regularly and deeply, allowing water to seep down into the roots. This is best accomplished by watering every few days, for a long period of time.
Another good question for the experts: Which rose is best to plant? Generally, older, hardy breeds tend to be sturdier and easier to care for. Look for roses that have stood the test of time!
Do not be intimidated by the prospect of starting and taking care of a rose garden. Take your time, but don’t hesitate too long; investigate your options, watch your sun and talk to your nursery during the winter so that first thing in the spring, you will be ready to go and start your rose garden.
For more information on growing a rose garden in the spring try visiting www.rose-gardening-made-easy.info, a website that specializes in providing rose gardening advice, tips and resources to include information on summer rose gardening that you can use to grow a beautiful rose garden.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tim_Gorman
Beginning a rose garden can feel like an overwhelming prospect -- just choosing a rose to plant can blow your mind if you start looking at all the options out there. Books, designed to be "helpful", can make the situation worse. They contain so many hints, so much advice, so much of it looking contradictory -- it is no wonder you want to toss them out the window and give up! Forget the books for now; what follows is some basic, uncomplicated, information to get your rose garden started.
Rose bushes need plenty of breathing space, so look at your available room and figure how many plants you can handle based on spacing them at least 18" apart, further if possible. Climbers require even more room -- at least 12 feet between bushes! If you are planting miniatures in your garden, a foot to 15" apart should be enough space. Do not overcrowd if you want your rose plants to be healthy and blooming.
Roses should preferably be planted in the spring, but no later than early summer. They need time to get their roots deeply underground to survive cold and freezing temperatures. Also, most varieties of roses require around six hours of direct sunlight, so plan accordingly. Some roses are happy in the shade, however, so assess your garden space and watch the sunlight carefully. If you do not have lots of sun, check with the nursery to find a rose variety that is suitable for shady areas.
In the spring and summer, roses need to have a lot of water. You do not necessarily need to water your rose garden every day, only regularly and deeply, allowing water to seep down into the roots. This is best accomplished by watering every few days, for a long period of time.
Another good question for the experts: Which rose is best to plant? Generally, older, hardy breeds tend to be sturdier and easier to care for. Look for roses that have stood the test of time!
Do not be intimidated by the prospect of starting and taking care of a rose garden. Take your time, but don’t hesitate too long; investigate your options, watch your sun and talk to your nursery during the winter so that first thing in the spring, you will be ready to go and start your rose garden.
For more information on growing a rose garden in the spring try visiting www.rose-gardening-made-easy.info, a website that specializes in providing rose gardening advice, tips and resources to include information on summer rose gardening that you can use to grow a beautiful rose garden.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tim_Gorman
Monday, March 19, 2007
Raising Roses and your Climate Zone
by Dave Owen
To become a proud owner of a beautiful rose garden this year, one of the first things you should research what climate zone you are in. It may be nice to know that your yard will receive lots of sunshine. But, one of the key bits of information you need concerns the annual temperature variance in your zone. It is primarily how cold your plants will get that will determine the plants that you will be able to grow.
Get Familiar With Your Zone
If you ask any experienced gardener about a reliable source of information about climate zones, they will tell you that they use the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. This map is broken into 11 different climate zones and covers all 50 states, Canada and Mexico. Refering to this map, you will be able to determine what to plant your garden.
On the growing instructions that come with your plants, there will be information about the growing conditions the plants need to thrive. Regardless if you will be planting vegetables, flowers or landscaping plants to use as landscaping, you will need this information. It is a good idea (if you do not want to waste your money) to check USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map before you purchase any plants.
You will find that the map is very large and colorful. Its was put together as the result of a joint venture between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Arnold Arboretum (of Harvard University). The map is the result of combining years of weather data.
This data tracked the average low (coldest) temperatures in different regions of the United States. The different climate zones are depicted with a unique color. Zone 1 is the region with the lowest (coldest) temperature. In this region, the temperatures can be as low as -50 F (-45 C). On the other end of the chart is Zone 11. In this zone, the lowest temperature recorded during any part of the year has always above 40 F (4 C).
The climate zones bounderies are set up for the most part as you would expect. They are set up with the colder zones starting in the northern portion of North America and warming as they move to the south. Due to elevation changes, there are some variations in a few zones. But, this is to be expected.
To find your climate zone is very easy. To find it on the internet, navigate to the USDA website (http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html). On this map, you will be able to find your location and identify the zone. On this page, you can also select a map by state.
What is the importance of the zone to Rose Gardening
Roses are easier to grow than most people think. They require regular care and maintenance. Probably the number one thing roses need is the correct climate in which to grow. You can find varieties of roses that are very hardy, more so than others. Some are able to handle colder climate zones. That is if they have been properly prepared for the seasonal changes. If you are in one of the colder zones (lower numbered) you will need to find roses that are bred for your zone. If not, you may find that your plants do not look near as good as they did in the nursery.
Be kind to your plants, choose them for the zone.
About the Author
For more information about how to grow beautiful roses, visit Dave Owen's Rose Information.
To become a proud owner of a beautiful rose garden this year, one of the first things you should research what climate zone you are in. It may be nice to know that your yard will receive lots of sunshine. But, one of the key bits of information you need concerns the annual temperature variance in your zone. It is primarily how cold your plants will get that will determine the plants that you will be able to grow.
Get Familiar With Your Zone
If you ask any experienced gardener about a reliable source of information about climate zones, they will tell you that they use the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. This map is broken into 11 different climate zones and covers all 50 states, Canada and Mexico. Refering to this map, you will be able to determine what to plant your garden.
On the growing instructions that come with your plants, there will be information about the growing conditions the plants need to thrive. Regardless if you will be planting vegetables, flowers or landscaping plants to use as landscaping, you will need this information. It is a good idea (if you do not want to waste your money) to check USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map before you purchase any plants.
You will find that the map is very large and colorful. Its was put together as the result of a joint venture between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Arnold Arboretum (of Harvard University). The map is the result of combining years of weather data.
This data tracked the average low (coldest) temperatures in different regions of the United States. The different climate zones are depicted with a unique color. Zone 1 is the region with the lowest (coldest) temperature. In this region, the temperatures can be as low as -50 F (-45 C). On the other end of the chart is Zone 11. In this zone, the lowest temperature recorded during any part of the year has always above 40 F (4 C).
The climate zones bounderies are set up for the most part as you would expect. They are set up with the colder zones starting in the northern portion of North America and warming as they move to the south. Due to elevation changes, there are some variations in a few zones. But, this is to be expected.
To find your climate zone is very easy. To find it on the internet, navigate to the USDA website (http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html). On this map, you will be able to find your location and identify the zone. On this page, you can also select a map by state.
What is the importance of the zone to Rose Gardening
Roses are easier to grow than most people think. They require regular care and maintenance. Probably the number one thing roses need is the correct climate in which to grow. You can find varieties of roses that are very hardy, more so than others. Some are able to handle colder climate zones. That is if they have been properly prepared for the seasonal changes. If you are in one of the colder zones (lower numbered) you will need to find roses that are bred for your zone. If not, you may find that your plants do not look near as good as they did in the nursery.
Be kind to your plants, choose them for the zone.
About the Author
For more information about how to grow beautiful roses, visit Dave Owen's Rose Information.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Taking Care Of Your Prized Roses
by Lanny Hintz
Roses have been considered as one of the most popular and beautiful flowers all over the world. It has long been a symbol of beauty and loveliness. Having blooming roses in one's garden is such a sight to see aside from the sweet fragrance it radiates around the place. If you grow flowers in your garden, especially roses I am pretty sure that you consider them to be one of your prized plants. I know that you have been dedicating time and effort to ensure that they grow and produce beautiful flowers for people to admire. If we want our roses to thrive especially during the difficult summer months, we need to take the necessary steps and measures to ensure that they will last and survive for a longer period of time.
The climate during the summer can be extremely hot especially in certain parts of the country and the world. It is a must for you to constantly give your roses enough water to avoid for them from wilting or drying. It is important that you water the soil where your roses are planted instead of watering the plant or foliage. To help keep and preserve the moisture, try applying mulch (like wood chips or pine needles) around your roses.
For your roses to be at their best even during the summer, you should have fertilized your roses around three times during the year. You should have fertilized during the early spring, followed up during your roses' first blooms and then the last application during July. To keep pesky insects and diseases under control, obtain sprays from garden stores that help abate this problem.
It is essential that you regularly prune your roses. Utilize sharp pruning spears or cutters to make clean cuts and avoid damaging the branches. Your pruning spears should be kept dry to avoid it from becoming rusty. They should be regularly cleaned before using to prevent them having fungus that could give diseases to your roses.
Always get rid of dying or dead growth to prevent diseases from developing and to make your rose bushes look good. If you want your roses to be growing in the correct direction shape them while they are still growing. Also keep them away from other plants that may harm their growth.
The trick to growing roses is to have patience and effort in growing them. I'm sure that in no time you will be enjoying the beauty of your rose bushes.
About the Author
Lanny Hintz writes about DutchGardens coupon codes, Bloming bulb Discount Sales
Roses have been considered as one of the most popular and beautiful flowers all over the world. It has long been a symbol of beauty and loveliness. Having blooming roses in one's garden is such a sight to see aside from the sweet fragrance it radiates around the place. If you grow flowers in your garden, especially roses I am pretty sure that you consider them to be one of your prized plants. I know that you have been dedicating time and effort to ensure that they grow and produce beautiful flowers for people to admire. If we want our roses to thrive especially during the difficult summer months, we need to take the necessary steps and measures to ensure that they will last and survive for a longer period of time.
The climate during the summer can be extremely hot especially in certain parts of the country and the world. It is a must for you to constantly give your roses enough water to avoid for them from wilting or drying. It is important that you water the soil where your roses are planted instead of watering the plant or foliage. To help keep and preserve the moisture, try applying mulch (like wood chips or pine needles) around your roses.
For your roses to be at their best even during the summer, you should have fertilized your roses around three times during the year. You should have fertilized during the early spring, followed up during your roses' first blooms and then the last application during July. To keep pesky insects and diseases under control, obtain sprays from garden stores that help abate this problem.
It is essential that you regularly prune your roses. Utilize sharp pruning spears or cutters to make clean cuts and avoid damaging the branches. Your pruning spears should be kept dry to avoid it from becoming rusty. They should be regularly cleaned before using to prevent them having fungus that could give diseases to your roses.
Always get rid of dying or dead growth to prevent diseases from developing and to make your rose bushes look good. If you want your roses to be growing in the correct direction shape them while they are still growing. Also keep them away from other plants that may harm their growth.
The trick to growing roses is to have patience and effort in growing them. I'm sure that in no time you will be enjoying the beauty of your rose bushes.
About the Author
Lanny Hintz writes about DutchGardens coupon codes, Bloming bulb Discount Sales
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Improve Your Rose Garden With These Tips And Advice On Where To Find Rose Gardening Help
By Tim Gorman
When you are looking for rose gardening help, you have several different source options available to you, all of which are compiled by experts and other gardeners to assist you in your efforts. Besides books and magazines, you can also find volumes of help on the internet, where you can perform a direct search for the problem at hand.
While you could visit your local library and index books, magazines, and other periodicals, the internet is now the information superhighway, where you are guaranteed to find information related to your search on gardening help. There are several sites around the world dedicated to rose gardening, and these collect articles, web blogs, and other various information on roses, cultivation of the garden, and various problems that may arise.
If you prefer the old-fashioned method of research and help, you can visit the library. There are a large number of books dedicated to horticulture and gardening, and several of these concentrate on tips and tricks for rose gardening. You can also index periodicals and references such as encyclopedias to see if the question you have is answered in this media. If all else fails, you can ask for help at a local nursery or perhaps sign up for a rose gardening club or class, where you’ll find lots of help from both instructors and peers.
If you can’t find what you are looking for in a general article on rose gardening, you can find help from others who may have experienced the same problem. The internet contains discussion forums on almost any topic, including rose gardening. Here, other gardeners have discussed issues they’ve come across in their gardening efforts that have stumped them. Once a problem is presented, other rose gardeners offer help by sharing their experiences and solutions. If you can’t find the help you are looking for there, you can always present the question yourself and wait for a response.
For more information on rose gardening help and early spring rose gardening please visit http://www.rose-gardening-made-easy.info, a popular website that provides rose gardening tips, advice and resources to include information on summer, winter and spring rose gardening.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tim_Gorman
When you are looking for rose gardening help, you have several different source options available to you, all of which are compiled by experts and other gardeners to assist you in your efforts. Besides books and magazines, you can also find volumes of help on the internet, where you can perform a direct search for the problem at hand.
While you could visit your local library and index books, magazines, and other periodicals, the internet is now the information superhighway, where you are guaranteed to find information related to your search on gardening help. There are several sites around the world dedicated to rose gardening, and these collect articles, web blogs, and other various information on roses, cultivation of the garden, and various problems that may arise.
If you prefer the old-fashioned method of research and help, you can visit the library. There are a large number of books dedicated to horticulture and gardening, and several of these concentrate on tips and tricks for rose gardening. You can also index periodicals and references such as encyclopedias to see if the question you have is answered in this media. If all else fails, you can ask for help at a local nursery or perhaps sign up for a rose gardening club or class, where you’ll find lots of help from both instructors and peers.
If you can’t find what you are looking for in a general article on rose gardening, you can find help from others who may have experienced the same problem. The internet contains discussion forums on almost any topic, including rose gardening. Here, other gardeners have discussed issues they’ve come across in their gardening efforts that have stumped them. Once a problem is presented, other rose gardeners offer help by sharing their experiences and solutions. If you can’t find the help you are looking for there, you can always present the question yourself and wait for a response.
For more information on rose gardening help and early spring rose gardening please visit http://www.rose-gardening-made-easy.info, a popular website that provides rose gardening tips, advice and resources to include information on summer, winter and spring rose gardening.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tim_Gorman
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Tips on Growing Roses
by Carlos Torres
Tips on Growing Roses
Grow
In this guide, you will not only have all of the right skills at your fingertips, but you will get tips that you can use to grow your very own bed of roses. Check with your local gardening center or florist for the best type of roses to grow in you climate.
The following suggestions will help insure that your roses grow into healthy bushes, trees, etc.
1.Your new roses have probably dried out during shipping or storage, therefore before planting, either bury the roots in wet saw dust or peat moss for several days or soak them overnight in water. Keep the roots wet when planting, do not let them dry out.
2.Prune damaged and broken roots.
3.Prune main roots just enough to reveal white healthy tissue. This will help more roots grow.
4.Prune the plant back to three or four healthy canes. Try to keep the center of the plant empty. Prune the healthy canes back to about six (6) inches using sharp pruning shears. Keep the cutting blade on the lower side. Cut at a 45 to 60 degree angle. Cut about one fourth inch above an outside bud union.
5.In order to prevent infection, treat the cuts with some type of sealant or sealing paint.
6.Make sure that you have removed any suckers that may have started growing during shipping or storage.
If you are new to rose gardening, then it is wise to choose varieties of easy to grow roses to begin your rose garden. Easy to grow roses need some care as well.
Long stem roses tend to flower continuously and can grow 2-6 feet tall. Climbing roses are different from the regular roses that are planted as they are trained to grow upward like vines.
Water
If you start to water in hot weather, you must keep it up, soaking the roots thoroughly about once a week. Drops of water on the leaves can cause burning, and lead to black spot disease so always water from underneath, soaking the earth until it is damp but not soggy. I have used empty plastic milk containers for watering the roots of my roses. Wash the container well. Cut several small holes near the bottom of the container. Bury the container ear the base of the rose plant with the top just above the ground. Fill the container with water and put the cap on the container. The water will slowly seep out, watering the rose plants at the roots.
Soil
Fill the container with garden soil that contains some compost or organic fertilizer. Carpeted with a thick layer of soil preserving and plant protecting mulch. Prepare the soil in the rose beds well before in order to allow for settling of the soil. For mulch, I have used old newspapers. They will keep the weeds from growing all season, keep water in the soil, and will slowly decay, putting nutrients back into the soil. I cover the newspapers with leaves or other mulch.
If you are replacing an old rose bush, approximately 1 1/2 cubic feet of old soil should be removed, and fresh soil added to replace it. Then the plant should be placed in the hole carefully and the hole refilled with soil, covering the roots properly. The soil type, sun exposure, and nutrients it needs all depend on the variety.
Remember to take into consideration the type of soil you will use, the surrounding area where you will plant the rose, the amount of sun it will receive, and the temperatures it can tolerate.
Understand the soil type and provide good drainage.
Pruning
Rose pruning isn't as complicated as some people make it out to be. Here is a list of the proper techniques to guide through the pruning process. Using pruning shears or flower-cutting shears cut the stem at a 45-degree angle, no shorter than just above the first five-leaflet leaf below the flower.
Prune the healthy canes back to about six (6) inches using sharp pruning shears. Do hard pruning in the late winter or early spring just as new growth begins. Follow these tips and make rose pruning an easy gardening job.
There is no hard and fast rule regarding the time of pruning roses. With the help of pruning, disease is removed, thus helping the plant grow in a healthy environment.
Having a rose garden is one of the most rewarding gardens for the outdoor gardener. You don't need to have a large space to enjoy growing roses. There are so many varieties, you can have a rose garden in your yard or apartment.
About the Author
Carlos has a M.S. degree. He has been retired for almost a year and has been doing exceptionally well in MLM and online marketing. He has owned and operated business in the U.S. and abroad. http://snipurl.com/ziqq http://www.thepathtochoose.com
Tips on Growing Roses
Grow
In this guide, you will not only have all of the right skills at your fingertips, but you will get tips that you can use to grow your very own bed of roses. Check with your local gardening center or florist for the best type of roses to grow in you climate.
The following suggestions will help insure that your roses grow into healthy bushes, trees, etc.
1.Your new roses have probably dried out during shipping or storage, therefore before planting, either bury the roots in wet saw dust or peat moss for several days or soak them overnight in water. Keep the roots wet when planting, do not let them dry out.
2.Prune damaged and broken roots.
3.Prune main roots just enough to reveal white healthy tissue. This will help more roots grow.
4.Prune the plant back to three or four healthy canes. Try to keep the center of the plant empty. Prune the healthy canes back to about six (6) inches using sharp pruning shears. Keep the cutting blade on the lower side. Cut at a 45 to 60 degree angle. Cut about one fourth inch above an outside bud union.
5.In order to prevent infection, treat the cuts with some type of sealant or sealing paint.
6.Make sure that you have removed any suckers that may have started growing during shipping or storage.
If you are new to rose gardening, then it is wise to choose varieties of easy to grow roses to begin your rose garden. Easy to grow roses need some care as well.
Long stem roses tend to flower continuously and can grow 2-6 feet tall. Climbing roses are different from the regular roses that are planted as they are trained to grow upward like vines.
Water
If you start to water in hot weather, you must keep it up, soaking the roots thoroughly about once a week. Drops of water on the leaves can cause burning, and lead to black spot disease so always water from underneath, soaking the earth until it is damp but not soggy. I have used empty plastic milk containers for watering the roots of my roses. Wash the container well. Cut several small holes near the bottom of the container. Bury the container ear the base of the rose plant with the top just above the ground. Fill the container with water and put the cap on the container. The water will slowly seep out, watering the rose plants at the roots.
Soil
Fill the container with garden soil that contains some compost or organic fertilizer. Carpeted with a thick layer of soil preserving and plant protecting mulch. Prepare the soil in the rose beds well before in order to allow for settling of the soil. For mulch, I have used old newspapers. They will keep the weeds from growing all season, keep water in the soil, and will slowly decay, putting nutrients back into the soil. I cover the newspapers with leaves or other mulch.
If you are replacing an old rose bush, approximately 1 1/2 cubic feet of old soil should be removed, and fresh soil added to replace it. Then the plant should be placed in the hole carefully and the hole refilled with soil, covering the roots properly. The soil type, sun exposure, and nutrients it needs all depend on the variety.
Remember to take into consideration the type of soil you will use, the surrounding area where you will plant the rose, the amount of sun it will receive, and the temperatures it can tolerate.
Understand the soil type and provide good drainage.
Pruning
Rose pruning isn't as complicated as some people make it out to be. Here is a list of the proper techniques to guide through the pruning process. Using pruning shears or flower-cutting shears cut the stem at a 45-degree angle, no shorter than just above the first five-leaflet leaf below the flower.
Prune the healthy canes back to about six (6) inches using sharp pruning shears. Do hard pruning in the late winter or early spring just as new growth begins. Follow these tips and make rose pruning an easy gardening job.
There is no hard and fast rule regarding the time of pruning roses. With the help of pruning, disease is removed, thus helping the plant grow in a healthy environment.
Having a rose garden is one of the most rewarding gardens for the outdoor gardener. You don't need to have a large space to enjoy growing roses. There are so many varieties, you can have a rose garden in your yard or apartment.
About the Author
Carlos has a M.S. degree. He has been retired for almost a year and has been doing exceptionally well in MLM and online marketing. He has owned and operated business in the U.S. and abroad. http://snipurl.com/ziqq http://www.thepathtochoose.com
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Cultivating Beauty: Rose Gardening
by Dave Owen
Roses have received a reputation of requiring high maintenance and being difficult to grow. It is a shame because they are one of the most beautiful and distinctive flowers. But, with a little knowledge how and tender love and care, raising roses can createa fragrant and beautiful mainstay to your gardens. As a result of the efforts of many hortaculturists, modern hybrids and hardy varieties make rose gardening simpler and more rewarding than ever.
One can find roses in colors from white to almost black, and every shade in between. Along with the vast variety of colors, rose plants can be found with a different growing habits and degrees of hardiness. One can find roses that vary from a low growing shrub to elegant climbings. One of the most enjoyable experiences of rose gardening is being able to choose the varietie and color to plant. One type of rose that is becoming very popular is the antique. These can be found at many rose emporiums and have been nurtured from cuttings taken from old cemetaries.
Planting
To create a successful rose garden, one must choose the a good location for planting. Roses like full sun with well-drained soil to thrive. the prefered condition is rich soil containing plenty of organic matter. But roses are very hardy and can tolerate most soil types. To make sure your rose plants are placed in the ground as soon as possible, prepare your rose bed before purchasing your plants.
You have two options when you purchase your rose plants: bare root and potted. The least expensive of the two are bare root roses because they are packaged and shipped in their dormant state. But, if you want a quick start to your rose garden, you will probably want to purchase potted roses. As they take root and bloom more quickly, potted roses are a good choice for beginning rose gardeners.
After the bed has been prepared and the plants purchased, it is time to begin planting. To make sure you rose has the best chance of quality growth, the hole must be prepared properly. It should be large enough to contain the entire root system of the rose. This means that is should be deep enough to cover the root ball to the crown.
Pruning and Care
To maintain the health of your plant, rose gardening involves some ongoing upkeep. To encourage growth and maintain health, roses should be pruned in both spring and fall. If done properly, pruning will cut out any dead or weak branches and remove twiggy, non-productive growth.
If you live in an area of cold or snowy winters, preparing your rose bushes for winter is an important part of rose gardening. To protect your rose bushs from winter chills, simply mound mulch around the base of each rose bush and secure it in place with a collar or cage.
Often known as the hobby of royalty, rose gardening has a long, rich history. It is being enjoyed by an increasing number of modern gardners because of the beauty and hardiness of the plants. To enjoy this beautiful hobby only a little knowledge, a patch of garden space and a love for beauty.
About the Author
Dave Owen is the owner of My Roses, where you can find the information to take care of the worlds most beautiful flowers...
Roses have received a reputation of requiring high maintenance and being difficult to grow. It is a shame because they are one of the most beautiful and distinctive flowers. But, with a little knowledge how and tender love and care, raising roses can createa fragrant and beautiful mainstay to your gardens. As a result of the efforts of many hortaculturists, modern hybrids and hardy varieties make rose gardening simpler and more rewarding than ever.
One can find roses in colors from white to almost black, and every shade in between. Along with the vast variety of colors, rose plants can be found with a different growing habits and degrees of hardiness. One can find roses that vary from a low growing shrub to elegant climbings. One of the most enjoyable experiences of rose gardening is being able to choose the varietie and color to plant. One type of rose that is becoming very popular is the antique. These can be found at many rose emporiums and have been nurtured from cuttings taken from old cemetaries.
Planting
To create a successful rose garden, one must choose the a good location for planting. Roses like full sun with well-drained soil to thrive. the prefered condition is rich soil containing plenty of organic matter. But roses are very hardy and can tolerate most soil types. To make sure your rose plants are placed in the ground as soon as possible, prepare your rose bed before purchasing your plants.
You have two options when you purchase your rose plants: bare root and potted. The least expensive of the two are bare root roses because they are packaged and shipped in their dormant state. But, if you want a quick start to your rose garden, you will probably want to purchase potted roses. As they take root and bloom more quickly, potted roses are a good choice for beginning rose gardeners.
After the bed has been prepared and the plants purchased, it is time to begin planting. To make sure you rose has the best chance of quality growth, the hole must be prepared properly. It should be large enough to contain the entire root system of the rose. This means that is should be deep enough to cover the root ball to the crown.
Pruning and Care
To maintain the health of your plant, rose gardening involves some ongoing upkeep. To encourage growth and maintain health, roses should be pruned in both spring and fall. If done properly, pruning will cut out any dead or weak branches and remove twiggy, non-productive growth.
If you live in an area of cold or snowy winters, preparing your rose bushes for winter is an important part of rose gardening. To protect your rose bushs from winter chills, simply mound mulch around the base of each rose bush and secure it in place with a collar or cage.
Often known as the hobby of royalty, rose gardening has a long, rich history. It is being enjoyed by an increasing number of modern gardners because of the beauty and hardiness of the plants. To enjoy this beautiful hobby only a little knowledge, a patch of garden space and a love for beauty.
About the Author
Dave Owen is the owner of My Roses, where you can find the information to take care of the worlds most beautiful flowers...
Thursday, February 15, 2007
How Roses Can be Easy to Grow
by Thomas Straub
Many people ask whether roses are hard to grow. The answer is, no.
Roses are really quite easy to grow and require little more care than any other perennial plant. You can learn all you need to know to grow beautiful, healthy roses in the new e-book "Gardening Made Easy," available from our site.
Here's an overview of the planting, care and maintenance of roses from the chapter on rose gardening in "Gardening Made Easy."
Planting Roses
Soil preparation for roses is extremely important because roses use a lot of nutrients. Preparing the soil bed for roses using 100% organic compost is a very good practice, not only for the nutrients that the compost provides, but also because compost will drain well and still retain plenty of moisture. While Roses require a well-drained planting bed, they also require plenty of water.
Maintaining Your Roses
Because roses bloom throughout the growing season, they are heavy nutrient users and will require regular fertilizing. Feed your roses in the spring when the leaves begin to bud out and again in late summer or early fall, depending on the part of the country you live in.
Dealing With Diseases That Effect Roses
Roses are susceptible to fungi and mildew, as well as insect infestation. Many of these diseases can be prevented and all of them can be controlled with regular applications of fungicides and insecticides.
There are also several beneficial insects that can be imported into your garden to help you control insect infestations without the use of chemicals.
Winterizing Your Roses
If you live in a warmer climate you will not need to do much in the way of preparing your roses for winter other than a good layer of mulch. In climates where temperatures regularly go below 25 degrees F, you will need to protect your roses with additional mulch.
Building cages around your roses and filling the cages with mulch after the first freeze will ensure that your roses make it through the winter to bloom again in the spring.
These simple and easy suggestions will help your roses renew their beauty for many seasons yet to come.
About the Author
Tom Straub is a successful author and webmaster of the Best Gardening Tips website. Discover everything you ever wanted to know about gardening... but never dared to ask.
Many people ask whether roses are hard to grow. The answer is, no.
Roses are really quite easy to grow and require little more care than any other perennial plant. You can learn all you need to know to grow beautiful, healthy roses in the new e-book "Gardening Made Easy," available from our site.
Here's an overview of the planting, care and maintenance of roses from the chapter on rose gardening in "Gardening Made Easy."
Planting Roses
Soil preparation for roses is extremely important because roses use a lot of nutrients. Preparing the soil bed for roses using 100% organic compost is a very good practice, not only for the nutrients that the compost provides, but also because compost will drain well and still retain plenty of moisture. While Roses require a well-drained planting bed, they also require plenty of water.
Maintaining Your Roses
Because roses bloom throughout the growing season, they are heavy nutrient users and will require regular fertilizing. Feed your roses in the spring when the leaves begin to bud out and again in late summer or early fall, depending on the part of the country you live in.
Dealing With Diseases That Effect Roses
Roses are susceptible to fungi and mildew, as well as insect infestation. Many of these diseases can be prevented and all of them can be controlled with regular applications of fungicides and insecticides.
There are also several beneficial insects that can be imported into your garden to help you control insect infestations without the use of chemicals.
Winterizing Your Roses
If you live in a warmer climate you will not need to do much in the way of preparing your roses for winter other than a good layer of mulch. In climates where temperatures regularly go below 25 degrees F, you will need to protect your roses with additional mulch.
Building cages around your roses and filling the cages with mulch after the first freeze will ensure that your roses make it through the winter to bloom again in the spring.
These simple and easy suggestions will help your roses renew their beauty for many seasons yet to come.
About the Author
Tom Straub is a successful author and webmaster of the Best Gardening Tips website. Discover everything you ever wanted to know about gardening... but never dared to ask.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Rose Garden Can Be An Owners Pride
by Peter Finch
The beauty of the rose garden can never be underestimated. Belonging to the genus Rosa, roses have dominated literature and history by being associated with beauty, love, war and politics. Botanically the genus Rosa has 150 species dispersed around the northern hemisphere.
The Origins
Cultivating roses in gardens probably began in China around 5000 years ago. Various anecdotes and references to the rose are also available during the Roman period and 15th century England. Josephine, Napoleon Bonapartes wife, was believed to be very fond of this flower and took great interest in cultivating a rose garden a little away from the heart of Paris. In the late 18th century, cultivated roses were introduced to Europe from China. Modern day roses are usually traced back to this ancestry.
Kinds Of Roses
If you would like to cultivate your own rose garden, there are five kinds of roses to choose from:
1. Species rose. These are the variety of natural roses as gifted to us by genus Rosa. Vigorous and disease resistant, they are naturally abundant in the northern hemisphere. You may often find them lying on the ground or climbing upright with simple 5 petaled flowers varying in shades from white to pink to crimson. They mostly bloom in early summer and the most familiar species is Rosa rugosa owing to easy maintenance and disease resistance. Rose lovers may grow them in their rose gardens owing to their historical significance and easy maintenance.
2. Old European garden roses. This revered assembly represents the hybrid group of roses that prevailed prior to the 18th century and include Gallica, Damask, Alba, Centifolia, and Mosses. Rose gardens of this group enjoy a reputation of thriving better on cooler zones.
3. Repeat blooming old roses. This hardy group of roses are a gardeners delight. They usually grace a rose garden with their exquisite bloom & fragrance, tolerance to cold climes and disease resistance. However these roses lack recurrent bloom throughout the summer.
4. Modern Rose. Consisting of hybrid tea, floribunda and grandiflora, this species was born in 1867 when hybridzer Jean Baptiste Guillot cultivated La France in his rose garden.
5. Shrub roses - While all roses are shrubs, this group of roses generally refers to those of the genus that do not fit into the other groups. They can add variety to any rose garden and are marked by their rounded shapes, free flowering, winter hardiness and disease resistance. Popular members of this group are English Garden Roses,David Austin Roses, Sub-Zero Roses, Dr. Buck Roses, Kordesii Roses, Canadian Explorer Roses, Parkland Roses, Meidiland Roses,
Hybrid Rugosa and Hybrid Musk.
Selecting The Rose
After finalizing the group that you would like in your rose garden, you may have to choose the grade of rose. It is important to remember that you need to choose a variety that will suit the size of the garden and the local clime.
Grafted roses, which you may purchase for your rose garden, are usually based upon American Nursery Standard grades 1, 1 1/2 and 2. Grade 1 plants are supposed to be the best of the lot and are therefore premium priced. Usually they have three or more canes with 3/4 of an inch in diameter. The roots are usually large and well developed. Second in the order of quality are the Grade 1 1/2 roses; they are usually marked by two strong canes and can be nurtured to the Grade 1 quality. Grade 2 roses are usually termed as the "bargain" or "cheap" roses.
Buying The Rose
It is very important to enquire and then decide on the right source to purchase plants for your rose garden. Choices are rampant. Your local garden centres, retail outlets or the mail. It would be wise to select a reputable dealer who would ensure quality.
A rose garden needs good care and nurturing. Ensure that you seek proper advice to plant and prune the shrubs, add the appropriate fertilizer, secure pest control treatment and take special care of the shrub during winter. Proper care and technique added to your enthusiasm will guarantee you a blooming rose garden the next summer.
About the Author
Get all of the latest in rose garden know how from the one and only true rose garden resource at http://www.gardendesignadvice.com/ Be sure to check out our rose garden pages on our web site.
The beauty of the rose garden can never be underestimated. Belonging to the genus Rosa, roses have dominated literature and history by being associated with beauty, love, war and politics. Botanically the genus Rosa has 150 species dispersed around the northern hemisphere.
The Origins
Cultivating roses in gardens probably began in China around 5000 years ago. Various anecdotes and references to the rose are also available during the Roman period and 15th century England. Josephine, Napoleon Bonapartes wife, was believed to be very fond of this flower and took great interest in cultivating a rose garden a little away from the heart of Paris. In the late 18th century, cultivated roses were introduced to Europe from China. Modern day roses are usually traced back to this ancestry.
Kinds Of Roses
If you would like to cultivate your own rose garden, there are five kinds of roses to choose from:
1. Species rose. These are the variety of natural roses as gifted to us by genus Rosa. Vigorous and disease resistant, they are naturally abundant in the northern hemisphere. You may often find them lying on the ground or climbing upright with simple 5 petaled flowers varying in shades from white to pink to crimson. They mostly bloom in early summer and the most familiar species is Rosa rugosa owing to easy maintenance and disease resistance. Rose lovers may grow them in their rose gardens owing to their historical significance and easy maintenance.
2. Old European garden roses. This revered assembly represents the hybrid group of roses that prevailed prior to the 18th century and include Gallica, Damask, Alba, Centifolia, and Mosses. Rose gardens of this group enjoy a reputation of thriving better on cooler zones.
3. Repeat blooming old roses. This hardy group of roses are a gardeners delight. They usually grace a rose garden with their exquisite bloom & fragrance, tolerance to cold climes and disease resistance. However these roses lack recurrent bloom throughout the summer.
4. Modern Rose. Consisting of hybrid tea, floribunda and grandiflora, this species was born in 1867 when hybridzer Jean Baptiste Guillot cultivated La France in his rose garden.
5. Shrub roses - While all roses are shrubs, this group of roses generally refers to those of the genus that do not fit into the other groups. They can add variety to any rose garden and are marked by their rounded shapes, free flowering, winter hardiness and disease resistance. Popular members of this group are English Garden Roses,David Austin Roses, Sub-Zero Roses, Dr. Buck Roses, Kordesii Roses, Canadian Explorer Roses, Parkland Roses, Meidiland Roses,
Hybrid Rugosa and Hybrid Musk.
Selecting The Rose
After finalizing the group that you would like in your rose garden, you may have to choose the grade of rose. It is important to remember that you need to choose a variety that will suit the size of the garden and the local clime.
Grafted roses, which you may purchase for your rose garden, are usually based upon American Nursery Standard grades 1, 1 1/2 and 2. Grade 1 plants are supposed to be the best of the lot and are therefore premium priced. Usually they have three or more canes with 3/4 of an inch in diameter. The roots are usually large and well developed. Second in the order of quality are the Grade 1 1/2 roses; they are usually marked by two strong canes and can be nurtured to the Grade 1 quality. Grade 2 roses are usually termed as the "bargain" or "cheap" roses.
Buying The Rose
It is very important to enquire and then decide on the right source to purchase plants for your rose garden. Choices are rampant. Your local garden centres, retail outlets or the mail. It would be wise to select a reputable dealer who would ensure quality.
A rose garden needs good care and nurturing. Ensure that you seek proper advice to plant and prune the shrubs, add the appropriate fertilizer, secure pest control treatment and take special care of the shrub during winter. Proper care and technique added to your enthusiasm will guarantee you a blooming rose garden the next summer.
About the Author
Get all of the latest in rose garden know how from the one and only true rose garden resource at http://www.gardendesignadvice.com/ Be sure to check out our rose garden pages on our web site.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Rose Gardens
by Lanny Hintz
Everyone who builds his own garden and choosing different flowers to plant in his garden necessarily chooses rose as one of those plants. Roses are indeed very beautiful flowers and they add a lot of charm to your garden. Hence, who would not like to have rose plant as one of his flower plants?
People usually have wrong notions regarding roses. They think that roses are difficult to grow and they might often have a lesser life span than expected. However, this notion is not true. Rose plants are easy to grow and they add a lot of charm to your garden when they blossom. All you need to do is arrange the rose plants the right pattern in your garden. Then you can observe for yourself how roses look so attractive whether in combination with other color flowers and separately by themselves.
There are some requirements for a rose plant to grow properly. The first requirement is good soil. The site used for planting roses must be free from weeds and rocks. Any previous vegetation that was planted on the site must also be removed. Then the soil must be turned and adequate quantity of fertilizers must be added. Fertilizers ensure that your soil is rich is nutrients and help your rose plants to grow properly.
Ensure that the soil has good drainage facility. Keep turning the soil for one or two weeks. Compost, a mixer of soil and materials like banana peels, eggshells, apple cores, and coffee can be added continuously during this period to increase the nutrient content of the soil.
Rose plants can be acquired in a number of ways. Like everything else, even rose plants can be purchased on the internet. There are a number of websites relating to horticulture which deliver rose plant bulbs to your doorstep, which can then be planted in your garden. Rose plant bulbs can also be obtained from the local nursery in your area for a decent price. They will give you the right variety of rose plant that can grow and flourish in that specific season.
The good thing about rose plants is that their growth can be controlled by pruning them from time to time. After you have planted the bulbs in the soil, keep watering them regularly. Within a few weeks, beautiful looking rose flowers will emerge in your garden and it will be a pleasant sight to watch
About the Author
Lanny Hintz writes about Henry Fields Nursery , BloomingBulb coupons
Everyone who builds his own garden and choosing different flowers to plant in his garden necessarily chooses rose as one of those plants. Roses are indeed very beautiful flowers and they add a lot of charm to your garden. Hence, who would not like to have rose plant as one of his flower plants?
People usually have wrong notions regarding roses. They think that roses are difficult to grow and they might often have a lesser life span than expected. However, this notion is not true. Rose plants are easy to grow and they add a lot of charm to your garden when they blossom. All you need to do is arrange the rose plants the right pattern in your garden. Then you can observe for yourself how roses look so attractive whether in combination with other color flowers and separately by themselves.
There are some requirements for a rose plant to grow properly. The first requirement is good soil. The site used for planting roses must be free from weeds and rocks. Any previous vegetation that was planted on the site must also be removed. Then the soil must be turned and adequate quantity of fertilizers must be added. Fertilizers ensure that your soil is rich is nutrients and help your rose plants to grow properly.
Ensure that the soil has good drainage facility. Keep turning the soil for one or two weeks. Compost, a mixer of soil and materials like banana peels, eggshells, apple cores, and coffee can be added continuously during this period to increase the nutrient content of the soil.
Rose plants can be acquired in a number of ways. Like everything else, even rose plants can be purchased on the internet. There are a number of websites relating to horticulture which deliver rose plant bulbs to your doorstep, which can then be planted in your garden. Rose plant bulbs can also be obtained from the local nursery in your area for a decent price. They will give you the right variety of rose plant that can grow and flourish in that specific season.
The good thing about rose plants is that their growth can be controlled by pruning them from time to time. After you have planted the bulbs in the soil, keep watering them regularly. Within a few weeks, beautiful looking rose flowers will emerge in your garden and it will be a pleasant sight to watch
About the Author
Lanny Hintz writes about Henry Fields Nursery , BloomingBulb coupons
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Improve Your Landscaping With a Rose Garden
by Andrew Caxton
Enjoy Landscaping With Rose GardeningEverybody likes to take pride in their garden and one way to do that is to add a few flowers. Flowers make the garden look beautiful and fragrant and they really can make all of the difference in creating the perfect landscaping.
Andrew Caxton use to write on lawn care and subjects for http://www.lawn-mowers-and-garden-tractors.com. For additional information on gardening with roses or landscaping subjects have a look at his web.
Enjoy Landscaping With Rose GardeningEverybody likes to take pride in their garden and one way to do that is to add a few flowers. Flowers make the garden look beautiful and fragrant and they really can make all of the difference in creating the perfect landscaping.
Landscaping Your Garden Using Roses
When you landscape a garden you are making it look its complete best. Deciding upon where everything goes and how everything should look can really help you to create the perfect, scenic garden. Rose gardening adds a touch of beauty and elegance to the landscape and that really can help to brighten the garden up and help you to enjoy it more.
Deciding upon a place to put the roses is the hardest part. You have to mix them in with other features such as rockery, other plants and perhaps even water features. A good way of making roses stand out is by buying an arbor and letting the roses grow around it. This is a common landscaping decoration and it does tend to work quite well. It can be used as a centerpiece and guests will absolutely love it.
Dedicating a whole section to your rose garden is a great idea and you may want to plan it all out beforehand. Draw how you want your garden to look and all of the possibilities you can possibly think of where the roses could go. Remember that with certain varieties of roses you have to plant them a certain distance away from each other, otherwise they will not survive long!
One of the most important aspects of rose gardening is the fact that it has to be color coordinated. If the color of the roses clash with the color of the rest of the garden, the whole effect will be ruined and you will have to start your landscaping all over again. There is no room for errors which is why everything needs to be planned out beforehand.
Overall rose gardening can be an essential part of landscaping if you are trying to make the garden look scenic and homely whilst adding a touch of elegance at the same time. Just be sure that you do plan everything carefully from the color of the roses to where you are going to plant them. Try and make the best use out of them as possible and ensure that they are planted in conditions to suit them. Roses can be temperamental so generally you do have to make sure that you are putting them in an ideal place where they will thrive, not die!
Andrew Caxton use to write on lawn care and subjects for http://www.lawn-mowers-and-garden-tractors.com. For additional information on gardening with roses or landscaping subjects have a look at his web.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Grow Better Roses By Carefully Preparing Your Rose Garden
By Tim Gorman
Rose gardens are lovely additions to any home and people are sometimes surprised to know how little time it takes to maintain a rose garden once the roses are thriving. Choosing your rose plants and preparing your garden can be a very time consuming and labor intensive part, but the enjoyment that you get from your rose garden once your roses are blooming will make it well worth your effort!
It is an absolute necessity to determine exactly how much space you have and how you hope to utilize that space. One of the most important things you need to know about roses is that they require quite a bit of space. Jamming them in will limit growth and beauty, if not kill them altogether. Different rose varieties have different space requirements, so find out as much as you can about the plants that interest you to make sure you have the proper room for them.
Once you have chosen a good spot and your rose plants, you will need to assess the condition of your soil. You will need to make sure the ground is prepared for planting by loosening the earth with a garden claw or auger. If you have a lot of clay, it is especially important to loosen the clay, remove some, and then supplement with potting soil, which is much less sticky. Make sure your holes are deep enough to completely and deeply bury the roots as roses are very susceptible to cold weather. Your rose garden will be healthier if your dirt is prepared properly.
After planting, feed your roses. The rose food should be watered down into the ground to reach roots. Mulch around the plants just before winter so that the roots are protected from freezing. Once you have planted thoughtfully and carefully, your rose garden should bring you years of enjoyment with minimal upkeep.
For more information on growing a rose garden in the spring try visiting www.rose-gardening-made-easy.info, a website that specializes in providing rose gardening advice, tips and resources to include information on summer rose gardening that you can use to grow a beautiful rose garden.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tim_Gorman
Rose gardens are lovely additions to any home and people are sometimes surprised to know how little time it takes to maintain a rose garden once the roses are thriving. Choosing your rose plants and preparing your garden can be a very time consuming and labor intensive part, but the enjoyment that you get from your rose garden once your roses are blooming will make it well worth your effort!
It is an absolute necessity to determine exactly how much space you have and how you hope to utilize that space. One of the most important things you need to know about roses is that they require quite a bit of space. Jamming them in will limit growth and beauty, if not kill them altogether. Different rose varieties have different space requirements, so find out as much as you can about the plants that interest you to make sure you have the proper room for them.
Once you have chosen a good spot and your rose plants, you will need to assess the condition of your soil. You will need to make sure the ground is prepared for planting by loosening the earth with a garden claw or auger. If you have a lot of clay, it is especially important to loosen the clay, remove some, and then supplement with potting soil, which is much less sticky. Make sure your holes are deep enough to completely and deeply bury the roots as roses are very susceptible to cold weather. Your rose garden will be healthier if your dirt is prepared properly.
After planting, feed your roses. The rose food should be watered down into the ground to reach roots. Mulch around the plants just before winter so that the roots are protected from freezing. Once you have planted thoughtfully and carefully, your rose garden should bring you years of enjoyment with minimal upkeep.
For more information on growing a rose garden in the spring try visiting www.rose-gardening-made-easy.info, a website that specializes in providing rose gardening advice, tips and resources to include information on summer rose gardening that you can use to grow a beautiful rose garden.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tim_Gorman
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Adding Roses To Your Landscaping
by A.Caxton
If you love gardening roses, then you will also love landscaping your yard using the beauty of roses. Landscaping includes designing a space for plants, flowers, and trees in your yard, someone else's yard, or even in front of a business. When you landscape using roses, you will find that the beautiful roses will add a beauty and appeal like nothing else and it will also give you a great sense of pride in a job well done. Merging roses in with your trees, bushes, and flowers, will make the area look more interesting both texturally and visually.
When landscaping, you have a particular space to fill that is a specific dimension, much like you do when you have a regular rose garden. When landscaping, you include the rose garden in a space with trees, bushes, and other flowers that will create a beautiful cohesive garden with. To begin your landscaping, you will want to use a pencil and paper to design the area by sketching where you want to place the roses, trees, bushes, and other flowers. If you do not create a plan, then it will be difficult to plan what plants that you will need and how they will all work together.
Now that you have some idea of where you are going to place your rose bushes, you need to determine what colors will work best with the home or building that the garden will be near and the other plants that are in the garden. For example, orange hibiscus plants are beautiful, but pink roses right next to them may not look that great. Blues and purples coordinate beautifully though, to help keep your landscape well balanced and beautiful.
Rose bushes need space to grow properly so you may need to clear out the area around your roses to allow them room to grow. Too many plants and flowers in an area can look cluttered, so it may be best to choose a few beautiful plants that you can concentrate on, rather than a plethora of plants that is hard to look at because it looks so cluttered. Make your choices wisely to help enhance your landscaped garden, rather than detract from it.
Roses can add both visual interest and a beautiful smell to your garden. Adding them to a landscaped garden can give your garden an entirely new look and feel that you will enjoy and love for a long time to come.
About the Author
Andrew Caxton is the editor of http://www.lawn-mowers-and-garden-tractors.com . A free online magazine that carries articles on landscaping, and a guide on lawn care here landscaping
If you love gardening roses, then you will also love landscaping your yard using the beauty of roses. Landscaping includes designing a space for plants, flowers, and trees in your yard, someone else's yard, or even in front of a business. When you landscape using roses, you will find that the beautiful roses will add a beauty and appeal like nothing else and it will also give you a great sense of pride in a job well done. Merging roses in with your trees, bushes, and flowers, will make the area look more interesting both texturally and visually.
When landscaping, you have a particular space to fill that is a specific dimension, much like you do when you have a regular rose garden. When landscaping, you include the rose garden in a space with trees, bushes, and other flowers that will create a beautiful cohesive garden with. To begin your landscaping, you will want to use a pencil and paper to design the area by sketching where you want to place the roses, trees, bushes, and other flowers. If you do not create a plan, then it will be difficult to plan what plants that you will need and how they will all work together.
Now that you have some idea of where you are going to place your rose bushes, you need to determine what colors will work best with the home or building that the garden will be near and the other plants that are in the garden. For example, orange hibiscus plants are beautiful, but pink roses right next to them may not look that great. Blues and purples coordinate beautifully though, to help keep your landscape well balanced and beautiful.
Rose bushes need space to grow properly so you may need to clear out the area around your roses to allow them room to grow. Too many plants and flowers in an area can look cluttered, so it may be best to choose a few beautiful plants that you can concentrate on, rather than a plethora of plants that is hard to look at because it looks so cluttered. Make your choices wisely to help enhance your landscaped garden, rather than detract from it.
Roses can add both visual interest and a beautiful smell to your garden. Adding them to a landscaped garden can give your garden an entirely new look and feel that you will enjoy and love for a long time to come.
About the Author
Andrew Caxton is the editor of http://www.lawn-mowers-and-garden-tractors.com . A free online magazine that carries articles on landscaping, and a guide on lawn care here landscaping
Friday, January 05, 2007
Roses Can Make Any Space More Beautiful
by Andrew Caxton
If you love gardening roses, then you will also love landscaping your yard using the beauty of roses. Landscaping includes designing a space for plants, flowers, and trees in your yard, someone else's yard, or even in front of a business. When you landscape using roses, you will find that the beautiful roses will add a beauty and appeal like nothing else and it will also give you a great sense of pride in a job well done. Merging roses in with your trees, bushes, and flowers, will make the area look more interesting both texturally and visually.
When landscaping, you have a particular space to fill that is a specific dimension, much like you do when you have a regular rose garden. When landscaping, you include the rose garden in a space with trees, bushes, and other flowers that will create a beautiful cohesive garden with. To begin your landscaping, you will want to use a pencil and paper to design the area by sketching where you want to place the roses, trees, bushes, and other flowers. If you do not create a plan, then it will be difficult to plan what plants that you will need and how they will all work together.
Now that you have some idea of where you are going to place your rose bushes, you need to determine what colors will work best with the home or building that the garden will be near and the other plants that are in the garden. For example, orange hibiscus plants are beautiful, but pink roses right next to them may not look that great. Blues and purples coordinate beautifully though, to help keep your landscape well balanced and beautiful.
Rose bushes need space to grow properly so you may need to clear out the area around your roses to allow them room to grow. Too many plants and flowers in an area can look cluttered, so it may be best to choose a few beautiful plants that you can concentrate on, rather than a plethora of plants that is hard to look at because it looks so cluttered. Make your choices wisely to help enhance your landscaped garden, rather than detract from it.
Roses can add both visual interest and a beautiful smell to your garden. Adding them to a landscaped garden can give your garden an entirely new look and feel that you will enjoy and love for a long time to come.
About the Author
Andrew Caxton publishes articles at http://www.lawn-mowers-and-garden-tractors.com . A website with tips on lawn care at landscaping
If you love gardening roses, then you will also love landscaping your yard using the beauty of roses. Landscaping includes designing a space for plants, flowers, and trees in your yard, someone else's yard, or even in front of a business. When you landscape using roses, you will find that the beautiful roses will add a beauty and appeal like nothing else and it will also give you a great sense of pride in a job well done. Merging roses in with your trees, bushes, and flowers, will make the area look more interesting both texturally and visually.
When landscaping, you have a particular space to fill that is a specific dimension, much like you do when you have a regular rose garden. When landscaping, you include the rose garden in a space with trees, bushes, and other flowers that will create a beautiful cohesive garden with. To begin your landscaping, you will want to use a pencil and paper to design the area by sketching where you want to place the roses, trees, bushes, and other flowers. If you do not create a plan, then it will be difficult to plan what plants that you will need and how they will all work together.
Now that you have some idea of where you are going to place your rose bushes, you need to determine what colors will work best with the home or building that the garden will be near and the other plants that are in the garden. For example, orange hibiscus plants are beautiful, but pink roses right next to them may not look that great. Blues and purples coordinate beautifully though, to help keep your landscape well balanced and beautiful.
Rose bushes need space to grow properly so you may need to clear out the area around your roses to allow them room to grow. Too many plants and flowers in an area can look cluttered, so it may be best to choose a few beautiful plants that you can concentrate on, rather than a plethora of plants that is hard to look at because it looks so cluttered. Make your choices wisely to help enhance your landscaped garden, rather than detract from it.
Roses can add both visual interest and a beautiful smell to your garden. Adding them to a landscaped garden can give your garden an entirely new look and feel that you will enjoy and love for a long time to come.
About the Author
Andrew Caxton publishes articles at http://www.lawn-mowers-and-garden-tractors.com . A website with tips on lawn care at landscaping
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