Roses in the garden are the pride of many gardeners. If you too would like to create a magnificent rose garden, we have a few planting tips for you.
For many hobby and professional gardeners, among other things, roses in the garden are an absolute standard. No wonder! After all, these flowers are ideal for not only blending into a bright blaze of color. They also act as eye-catchers themselves. However, how roses ultimately grow and to what extent they reach their full potential depends on many factors. In the following, we will therefore go into the role that "trivial things" play in the final appearance of these beautiful blobs of color in your home garden.
Planting roses in autumn
The leaves are falling or turning colorful, it's getting colder. Well, autumn is the ideal time to plant roses. In this special time of the year, you benefit from the fact that the plants grow better and can also start to sprout or grow earlier.
Nice “side effect”: if you buy your roses directly from the tree nurseries, you can be sure of fresher goods compared to spring, since the tree nurseries also harvest their roses in autumn. In addition, the hobby gardener can usually fall back on a wide selection in autumn.
Soak bare root roses in water
So that the planting of the roses in autumn is crowned with success and the falling temperatures do not have a chance to damage roots and co., a few basic rules must be observed. This includes, among other things, placing bare-root roses in water for a few hours.
Roughly speaking, the soaking time depends on the planting time: the later you plant your roses in autumn, the longer they should be soaked in water. Eight to ten hours apply here - at least for autumn - as a rough guideline.
Pruning back roses
After the roses have soaked up water, they need to be cut back to a length of about 20 to 25 centimetres. Make sure that between five and seven buds remain on each shoot and remove dead ones as wellshoots or parts. It is also important that the fine roots of the roses are not cut off.
Tip: If you also cut back the roots, they can form new roots better and thus root better in the ground.
Latest information and tips for planting in autumn
The size of the planting hole is one of the decisive factors in ensuring that the roses feel really at home in the garden. This should come up with a minimum diameter of 40 to 45 centimeters and offer the roots enough space so that they are not already narrowed when planting.
Also make sure that…
- the grafting point of the rose is a few centimeters below the soil surface to prevent drought and frost damage.
- the hole is not "only" filled with soil, but also with a little compost. In this way you supply the plant with important nutrients during the cold season.
- Water the rose after planting. In this context, it is well worth forming a small pouring rim.
- Don't forget the so-called "piling up". By heaping up soil around the rose, you protect the plant from frost or cold temperatures. When these mounds of earth can finally be removed depends essentially on when the temperatures rise again in spring.