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Roses are very beautiful flowers loved by many people across the world, the rose has always been a symbol of love and affection.With the sweet smell and the beautiful flowers these plants produce it is quite impossible not to have some type of rose plant in your garden.

Roses in healthy condition and stress free are less likely to contract insects and diseases,unhealthy roses will not grow corrrectly and you will not get a good show of roses from the individual plant.

Roses need to be watered daily at least for the first 20 days after planting them. To ensure that the rose grow healthily you must put fertilizers at regular time intervals. You can buy fertilizers on which the roses feed from at your nearest nursery. Plant roses with the crown about 1 inch below the soil level,gradually filling in and around it with more soil while gently tamping it down. Again, be careful not to break the root ball and keep the crown uncovered. It will look like the rose is in a funnel-shaped depression.

Benefits of all your hard work can be wonderful looking and sweet smelling roses,which in turn can be cut and put into a vase in your home.When pruning or cutting your roses you must take careful attention not to damage the stems if the rose is in bloom.Try not to prune the first season roses to much,when the rose matures you will be able to prune them more frequently.

Different types of roses need to be planted a few feet away from each other allowing them to grow correctly.When planting bare root roses first check that the soil has a good ph, you may need to add a little lime.Early spring is the best time to transplant roses or plant new one’s.Cut the roses into shape, remove dead leaves as this will help the air to circulate around the plant more easily.

If you have climbing roses,prune all the stems down while dormant as this allows the plant to grow new healthy stems starting in spring.Sometimes you’ll find a diseased plant, give it a good spraying with a fungal insectcide.I always give my plants a good fertilizer in the months leading up till about the end of September.

Around the middle of April check your rose plants for unwanted visitors,slugs are a big threat to rose plants so put some pellets down that normally clears them quickly.If you have other insects on the plant give it a good spraying with a systemic insecticide this will help the plant to grow much better ,if you find new shoots at the rootstock remove them.

Living in a cold climate that has harsh winters can cause roses to die if not properly protected from the cold. When the ground freezes just mould earth around the base of the plant and then add evergreen boughs. Small climbing roses can be detatched from their supports put on the gound then covered with earth this will protect them from very cold winters.