Hello dear rose friends as we welcome the new season’s roses which are being sorted, labelled and very importantly, kept moist AT ALL TIMES during this processing!
You’ll be hearing from us soon if you have ordered bare-rooted roses – please be patient and wait for us to contact you as some varieties are still in the ground … remember too, standard roses will ALWAYS BE DUG LATER … it will be July before we call you to advise posting or collection of orders which contain STANDARD ROSES!
GRA’S GARBLE…
Its time to be planting bare-rooted winter roses. GIVE ROSES A BOOST TO START THEIR NEW LIFE in your garden by following these planting tips:
- Dig a hole at least 50cms x 50cms and at least that deep so that the graft is just above the existing soil level;
- Blend 30% of quality compost with the existing soil;
- Scientific research has shown that mycorrhiza (good soil bugs) can be obtained from mulch/soil material around other plants in your garden so add a bucket full of this to the planting hole;
- ALWAYS soak the newly planted rose with at least two buckets (20 litres) of water;
- Add seaweed solution to the final bucket of water and continue seaweed applications at least every two weeks.
Q. How can you tell a Martian would be a good gardener? A. They all have green thumbs.
AWESOME CLIMBING ROSES …
here are a few highly recommend ones which would nicely cover a stark fence and require very little in the way of support …
Q. Which bird can never be trusted? A. A lyre-bird.
May the last days of autumn afford you the joy of stunning fragrant roses and amazing colour from the trees around you! We’re revelling in the last blooms and the most gloriously colourful garden we’ve ever experienced here at Clonbinane!
Talk to you next week… meantime, enjoy the autumn colours all around you… Graham, Diana and the crew at Silkies Rose Farm, Clonbinane…