Design a No-Fail Rose Garden
12 tips from a rose garden fanatic
by Fran Sorin, Green Thumb
Even with the many plants out there to brighten up the garden, the rose is still every gardener's favorite. This year, try more than planting just one rosebush -- plant many. Nothing will excite you more than a rose garden for clipping fresh flowers off of or simply admiring.
1. First, select a location for your rose garden. Most roses need direct sunlight, at least five hours of sun a day, so plan accordingly.
2. Familiarize yourself with the types of roses. Each one has a specific use in the garden. Learn what they are to maximize the effectiveness of their characteristics.
--Hybrid tea roses are free-branching shrub roses to be used in a more formal bed.
--Floribunda are ever blooming and look best in a border or as hedges.
--Miniature roses are shrub roses with very compact stems and tiny flowers.
--Ground cover roses are spreading and trailing shrubs that can bear flowers along the stems.
--Climbers are vigorous climbing roses bearing scented flowers.
--Ramblers have long arching stems and sometimes scented flowers.
--Shrub roses are typically scented, are usually larger than Hybrid Tea roses and look best as hedges.
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