Creating A Rose Garden

When planting rose gardens you must prepare the ground well, with a rich, well drained loam and a thick layer of organic matter, like compost or peat moss on top. To promote the growth of roots, it's also a good idea to add about three pounds of super-phosphate for each 100 square feet, and mix it and the organic matter into the soil, to about 12 inches in depth. Creating a rose garden requires that the best foundation be laid right in the beginning. If you plant where your roses aren't competing with other plants for nutrients, they'll have the best chance of success.

Place your rose bushes with space between them for growing wide and lush, with lots of flowers, rather than restricting them so they get spindly and tall. Grandifloras, floribundas and hybrid teas should be from 18 to 30 inches apart, while miniatures can be a foot apart. You might plant any of these somewhat closer together if you're hoping to create a rose hedge, but if you want each bush to flourish alone, then more space is essential. The air circulation will also help to prevent the development of fungus in your roses.

The bushes planted in rose gardens can arrive in different forms. For example, a "bare root" plant starts with only a few canes, no foliage and just the roots. This bush needs immediate planting, adding a cone of soil around it to a height of eight inches for about three weeks until it starts new growth. Container bushes can simply be placed into the soil after removal from the containers. And boxed roses are planted the same way as bare root plants, after removing the cardboard. Good rose care involves knowing details like this, and giving each plant the right treatment.

General planting time for rose gardens is early spring, especially for bare root plants. Container roses that have a great deal of root development already can be planted right up to early fall. But certainly any planting needs to be done after the danger of the last frost of spring. Prepare the soil properly, take care with the spacing in your garden design, and plant your roses where they will get full sun for most of the day. Do all of this and you'll have given your plants a very good start in life.

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