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Another beginner question
I'm not much into gardening but would like to get some Rose bushes to plant.
What would be a good Rose bush that does not vine all over the place. I live in Zone 6 - West Virginia. Also when is it the best time to plant them. Our local Lowes has Roses for sell now, but Roses are French to me. Ha! Thanks for any advice or help leading me in the right direction. Mikael |
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"Mikael" wrote in message ... I'm not much into gardening but would like to get some Rose bushes to plant. What would be a good Rose bush that does not vine all over the place. I live in Zone 6 - West Virginia. Also when is it the best time to plant them. Our local Lowes has Roses for sell now, but Roses are French to me. Ha! Thanks for any advice or help leading me in the right direction. Mikael Mikael, It's probably a bit too early to plant in West VA now if you're Zone 6. You don't want to chance another freeze. I'm in Zone 8 and I just planted, but I'm pushing my luck a little--we've had a freaky warm winter this year so I'll be OK. But I suspect in West Virginia you might get another freeze this season? Might want to wait a little more. For a nice book for beginners, go find Ortho's "All About Roses". They'll probably have it at Lowes. It'll help you get started. You'll want another book as you learn more, but that one is a good beginning because it's very informative, not overwhelming, and hit has los of good color pics of roses you might like. Be careful about the ones you're seeing at Lowes. Don't buy anything that'a a grade #1.5. You want a grade #1 rose. The 1.5's are cheap but they'll more likely die on you. I know Lowes sells Jackson & Perkins roses in a box, which are OK; and also bare root roses in bags filled with peat moss or sawdust. If you buy the bagged ones, look for really fat canes and not too much wax caked onto the canes. That wax is supposedly harmless, but my experience has always been that it frequently causes the cane to rot and die underneath of it. So scrape off as much of it as you can. The less it has on it to begin with, the better. And don't forget to soak the rose roots in a bucket of water before you plant it, to rehydrate those bare roots. Good luck and have fun. They're not so hard to grow. JimS. Seattle, Zone8 |
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