Tips for gardening roses in January
How to care for roses in January
Share itCool temperate
•Water, deadhead flowers, cutting back to a leaf bud or full leaf.
• Tie in vigorous new shoots on climbers when they develop.
• Feed late in month with a rose fertiliser to prolong flowering.
•Check for aphids, black spot, mildew and rust.
• Summer-prune, giving a light trim.
• Remove suckers coming from below the graft.
Warm temperate
• Regularly deadhead flowers.
•Water plants regularly in prolonged hot dry weather.
• Feed plants late in the month for good autumn flowers.
•Check for any pests.
• Deadhead and lightly trim old fashioned roses, except those that develop attractive hips.
• Remove suckers coming from below the graft.
Inland
• Regularly deadhead flowers.
•Water plants regularly in hot dry weather and mulch.
• Feed plants late in the month for good autumn flowers.
•Check for any diseases.
• Deadhead and lightly trim old fashioned roses, except those that develop attractive hips.
• Remove suckers coming from below the graft.
Tropical/subtropical
• Roses flower during most of the year in warm climates and so need extra care in watering, feeding and mulching.
• Remove and compost weeds, keeping heap covered in rain.
•Check for fungal diseases.
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2 Comments |
| RD Editor on 30 January 2012 ,11:58 Hi Colleen, roses should be pruned twice a year, with the main pruning done in winter. Cut again in summer, reducing bushes by about a third. Pruning roses: http://ow.ly/8KuvB For lavender, it's best to cut off the dead flower stems and lightly trim the plants in late summer. Straggly plants may be cut back hard in early spring to promote bushy growth and encourage new shoots. Growing lavender: http://ow.ly/8KuAt Kind regards, RD Editor |
| Colleen Henry on 27 January 2012 ,10:43 When is the best time to prune roses, also the best time to prune lavender? |
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