Roses ready for fall planting in my rose garden.<\/p><\/div>\n
We\u2019ve talked in the past about conventional wisdom that some rose chores have to be done during a certain \u201ctime\u201d.\u00a0 The most obvious one being \u201cpruning time\u201d as the only time you can actually trim your roses.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take on another one.\u00a0 \u201cPlanting Time\u201d.<\/p>\n
Generally this is always considered to be early spring.\u00a0 I can see why this came about, because for many years the general way to purchase roses was bareroot.\u00a0 They always hit the garden centers in the early spring because that was harvest time for the nurseries growing them.\u00a0 Makes perfect sense that spring became rose planting time.\u00a0 But this is changing.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
Simply put roses are more and more available in containers all year around; particularly if you order via mail order.\u00a0 Nowadays they almost all come in containers of various sizes.\u00a0 We\u2019ll talk more about mail order and dealing with them in another post, but let me just say mail order is a great way to find really neat roses.<\/p>\n
Now that we have an idea of why roses are traditionally planted in the spring we of course come to the question, \u201cdo they have to be planted only the spring\u201d?<\/p>\n
Simply put: No.<\/p>\n
Roses, like any plant (sense a theme here!), can be planted at any time during the season.\u00a0 And that brings us to the idea of fall planting.\u00a0 Personally I think fall is a terrific time to plant roses.\u00a0 The exception may be if you live well up north where bitter winters come on quick and early, but for most of us it\u2019s a good time.\u00a0 Here in our zone 7\/6 foothills of the Blue Ridge I start planting in late August when the nights turn cooler.\u00a0 We really don\u2019t really get cold until well into November and usually get an Indian Summer in October.<\/p>\n
When I plant I don\u2019t use any fertilizers other than those that push root growth because I do not want to push top growth.\u00a0 I want my newly planted roses to get their roots well established before they shut down for winter.\u00a0 Then, come spring, they are ready to explode with new top growth and have the advantage of\u00a0well established root system capable of handling the new canes and blooms.<\/p>\n
As we are all coming into late summer\/early fall consider planting roses now.\u00a0 And shop around.\u00a0 A lot of Garden Centers put their roses on sale this time of year because they think rose \u201cplanting time\u201d is over.\u00a0 Don\u2019t tell them anything different!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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