Thursday, April 14, 2016

Modern Roses

Floribundas:
have bush height and large flowers of hybrid teas with multiple flower clusters of polyanthus.

Miniatures or fairy roses:
Scaled down versions of hybrid teas and floribundas, 20-50 cm high, ideal for rock gardens, border edges and movable tubs.

Creeping roses and climbing miniatures
Rather less showy but usually hardy with slender, pliant canes like ramblers.

Climbing and rambling roses
Small flowers clusters on flexible canes which grow 6m long in one season. Let them sprawl over walls, arbors and pergolas.

Polyanthus
Low growing hardy bushes with large clusters of small flowers. Their progeny, the floribundas, are now more popular. what is the best option for wedding florist philippines delivery by www.philippinesflowersdelivery.com/

Pillar roses
Climbers with upright, neat, restrained habits of lateral growth, suitable for twining up and around vertical supports.

Standard tree roses
Formed by grafting hybrid teas or floribundas high on a tall, strong understock trunk. Weeping standards are climbers grafted the same way, allowing their long, flexible canes to sweep to the ground.

Choosing your roses
Buy only from reputable nurseries to ensure a healthy rose that will flower true to name. Bare rooted plants are available June august. Often sold in over heated shops they dry out unless their roots are packed in damp sphagnum moss or similar material enclosed in a plastic bag. Canes should look plump and feel springy. Color is no health guide; many rose canes have naturally brown wood. In humid, temperate and subtropical climates, where budded plants are grown two years before sale, look for stems as thick as your little finger, extending 30 cm above the graft line of the root stock. In hot, dry areas plants are smaller and sold after only six months growth. Disentangle roots carefully when unpacking, and don’t allow roots to dry out before planting.

Where to plant
A bed of their own
There is a rose variety for any spot in the garden which has six hours of sun a day, good drainage and is away from large shrubs and trees. Roses like new rich soil and good air circulation so they do best in a bed of their own. They need shelter from strong winds.

In the garden
Shrubs roses form the perfect backdrop for lower growing border plants near your house. Try them with floribundas for a long, colorful season. Includes roses with border perennials to extend bloom time. Low growing floribundas or miniature roses look sensational edging perennials shrub borders, or mingled with annuals. Plant roses to flank an entry; climbers can cover eaves and emphasis vertical lines, windows or doors.

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