Rose gardening advice?

I received a catalog in the mail yesterday and really am thinking of trying my hand by planting at least one rose bush next season and was wondering if there was any advice for a person just learning about roses and how to care for them? How to prepare the dirt and when to give rose food and how often?





The one that I was looking at to buy is called a Hybrid Tea and has a coral-pink tone to its petals and grows to 5 feet tall and prefers full sun, which I have a lot of.


I live in Zone 5.

Rose gardening advice?
Roses are easy! I live in a hot dry climate the temperature here ranges from 20 deg. F to 110 deg. F and I have no trouble in growing them at all.





These are the essentials:





Roses are gross feeders - feed regularly with rose food and manure. Back of packet will tell you the intervals.


Also prepare the bed before you plant with will rotted manures etc. and organic matter.





Pick your roses carefully or get advice from nursery etc regarding hardiness, (Most are hardy but some are sickly or their blooms go to a messy lump if rained on, you don't want to waste your time on these.) Hybrid Teas are a good choice or David Austin old English Roses if you like the old fashioned type roses.





I water my roses once deeply every 5 to 7 days even in my dry climate. Don't let them dry out, use mulch. I use a drip system to their roots, this allows deep watering and I'm not contantly watering the leaves which leads to fungus problems. Always water in the morning not at night.





I never spray my roses because I live in a dry climate. If you are in a humid climate or a heavy rainfall area you will have to consider the advice about spraying. If you only have a few roses you can buy ready made mixtures and dusts.





Aphids are the only pest I get and I hose the buds if I get alot with the garden hose. Again always in the morning to avoid too much moisture siting on the foliage (sun drys it up quickly). Lady birds and praying mantis usually arrive in the next day or two and I never need to do it again.





I wouldn't be put off. They're not too hard, easy to care for, easy to prune (with instruction - any book or garden show will fix this) and beautiful to look at.
Reply:There are some very good answers being given here; however, being it is your first time to plant I would go with new totally disease resistant rose bush plants, until you gain a little rose-growing savvy.


This is not the pretty answer but it is the logical one! LOL
Reply:Follow the planting instructions that come with the rose bush, but don't fertilize it yet. Since you are in Zone 5, plant it a little deeper than you normally would, covering the crown--the area in the middle of the bush where the branches grow from. I use a little all-purpose, slow-release garden fertilizer. It should last at least 3 months. (It's better to use too little fertilizer than too much.) Otherwise, use a composted manure from a garden center. Sprinkle one of the above on the dirt around the rose bush, rake it in with a little hand rake, and then water it well. When it gets a good number of leaves, start spraying both sides of the leaves with one part milk (skim or low fat isn't stinky) to 9 parts water between rains or a least one every couple weeks. This will keep away and get rid of powdery mildew and also foliar fertilize the bush. For a healthy rose bush, keep it well-watered. Make sure that it gets about an inch of water and/or rain per week. Don't worry if your rose doesn't look good when it gets hot, as long as you are watering enough. Rose aren't happy campers in the heat of summer. I like miniature roses the best. I don't even bother to cut off the spent flowers.
Reply:go for it...my favorite mail rose catalog is Jackson and Perkins. First you need a raised bed for roses or in a big pot 25" in diameter. make sure you amend your soil with bags of rose soil found at good fertilizer stores. You could start with the Simplicity roses that J%26amp;P offer which get no diseases...the prettiest is the pink simplicity...requires little care because they don't get all the bugs that regular hybrids get. Let me find you a site:


http://www.backyardgardener.com/rose/ind...
Reply:Hello,


May I suggest taking a look over at the sites shown below?


I go to them for answers, often, and I am always surprised what else I find there!





Hope this helps, and have fun!


Dave
Reply:Roses are easy any well drained sunny location will do. Use rose food. I like old roses better they have better smell and are hardier. Get rose arbors at www.traderoutesnw.com
Reply:I too live in zone 5 and have gorgeous rose bushes. Study up on them in Monty's Joy Juice web site. He does all of the Rose for the Kentucky Derby and has a formula that is like a miracle worker. He has a special rose section in his web site that will tell you everything you need to know. He even has a rose calendar that directs you from month to month on what to do with your roses at that time. I recommend him and his product for anyone. We use the products on everything, and our yard looks like it's been done professionally. We have the strongest plants and shrubs I've ever had in my life. Good Luck and happy gardening.
Reply:Roses are not easy, except for a few recent introductions like Knock Out Roses, which are essentially disase-free.


There are three fungal diseases that must be constantly addressed for most roses, and especially hybrid teas. These diseases are Black Spot, Powdery Mildew, and Rust.


Thankfully most parts of the country only have one of the three as a major problem. But all diseases require a spray program of at least every 10 to 14 days to keep the roses from dying or from crippling disfigurement. That commitment to spraying is what you will have to consider and weigh out. The fungicides should be alternated, but one probably has to be Funginex, which is a pretty wicked chemical. Wear your rubber gloves and safety glasses.


On the other hand, carefully selecting the roses you decide to grow may allow you not to spray. Search the web for "disease resistance rose", then throw out the commercial sites. To them every rose is disease resistant. But the forums and the university web sites can be very helpful in selecting the more disease-resistant roses. Texas A%26amp;M has done alot of research on this issue, for example. But WARNING you will still get diseases on most if not all of the disease-resistant varieties. It will just not get to the point of death or total disfigurement.





Combining these two lines of advice: Even if you spray, the only roses that you will be able to keep totally disease free by spraying will be the disease-resistant ones. Others will still get some disease, even sprayed every 10 to 14 days. So, do not buy a rose without researching it regarding disease resistance. Do not buy a rose without counting the cost of the maintenance.
Reply:My advice would be to do some research about the ones you see available and see which ones have blooms that do well in wind and rain,etc... My Blue Girl's blooms deteriorate quickly even in the wind around the edges of the bloom and it seems to welcome black spots. You want a sturdy bloomer and hardy against disease and bugs. The last time I was on Gardenweb.com they had a hopping rose forum. My Double Delight, on the other hand, is a trooper...smells divine and changes colors (from yellow to pinkish to pink) thoughout the day....huge blossoms!
Reply:Hi..i love roses and i have roses all types of roses (about 50 plants) (bushes, carpet, mini and even 1 rose plant that is a hybrid Tea .)...and btw i live in zone 4. Roses need at least 6 hours of sun and water lots of water. Rose bushes can be wonderful if cared for. I treat mine like children, food, water and lots of TLC . My bushes have grown up to 7 feet tall. The american rose society has wonderful help and advice on their site. http://www.ars.org/ just remember roses take alot of time and care and good luck
Reply:first thing you need to water rose 2 times daily! rose water needs a plenty of water to grow in the first 1-2 weeks! also you have to protect it when it is freezing!