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Preparing
Ground to Plant Bare Root Roses |
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Dig that Hole!
Plant your roses ASAP! When you are ready to plant, we suggest keeping your roses in a bucket of water prior to planting. Select a location in your garden that gets a minimum of six hours of direct sun, preferably afternoon sun...global warming is good!
So, dig that hole about
2' deep and 2' wide, build a cone in the bottom of the hole to spread
the roots over. If you are replacing an established rose in your garden with a new bush, remove all the soil and roots completely. Then refill the hole with a good planting mix.
| Rose Type |
Planting Distance |
| Climbing |
6'+ (2+ m) |
| Bush |
3'-5' (1.5 m) |
| Miniatures |
2'-3' (1 m) |
| Standard |
6' (2 m) |
| Old Garden |
About a city block! Seriously! |
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Roses need room to breath.
Avoid crowding them together. Use the table at right as a guide.
Give 'em a Nice Bed
Amend the soil: a mixture of 50% composted manure (cluck cluck! or
mooooo!) and 50% native soil, or planting mix, or garden compost, will
all work great...50% native soil and 50% good stuff!
Now that you've got the dirt ready, let's talk about getting
them in the ground!
Arena Roses of Paso Robles, California, has graciously permitted us to reprint portions of this information from their catalog. Copyright 2000 Arena Rose Company.
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