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TERRA Tips Nursery Roses
TERRA Tips Nursery Roses
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RosesPlanting: Dig a hole that is about twice a big as the pot. Place the rose in the hole with the graft (the swollen area of your rose where all of the stems originate) about 2 inches (6cm) below the ground surface. Fill in the remainder of the hole with Rose Soil. Use a root stimulating fertilizer such as Quick Start once a week for the first month after planting. For the remainder of the season, fertilize once every 2 weeks with Miracle Gro Rose fertilizer.
Rose Varieties:We carry a wide variety of roses at TERRA. As a rule they all prefer a full sun location where they will receive a minimum of 6 hours of direct sunlight daily. Hybrid Tea Roses: These produce one single, large, perfect rose per stem. They are the favourites of the rose hybridizers and collectors. Tea roses are grafted, not very full or bushy plants, and are available in countless numbers of colours and varieties. Need winter protection.
Floribunda Roses: Forming the second largest group, these are usually shorter and bushier than tea roses and produce large clusters of smaller flowers for most of the season. These are grafted hybrid roses and are suitable for hedges, borders, and mass plantings. Need winter protection.
Grandiflora Roses: Grandiflora roses combine the features both Hybrid Tea and Floribunda roses. They produce small clusters of large flowers on tall plants. These are also hybrid, grafted roses and need winter protection.
Climbing Roses: Not actually a vine, climbing roses just grow very tall and need to be tied up to a supporting structure, such as an arbor or trellis. They are often grafted hybrids, which need some winter protection and pruning to maximize flowering.
English Roses: English roses are a newer group of roses developed in England by David Austin. They combine fragrance, flower production, and hardiness. These are closer to being shrub roses than the hybrid types, but they have denser, more heavily petalled flowers than shrub roses. They are often grown on their own roots (not grafted), so winter protection is optional, depending on location.
Shrub Roses: This is a large and varied group of roses, ranging in size, colour, and bloom period. Some can be ground covers and others climbers, or anything in between. The common feature of shrub roses is that they are grown on their own roots making them extremely hardy. They tend to resemble wild roses with a single or semi-double row of petals around a yellow centre, and are usually extremely thorny, making an impenetrable hedge.
Explorer Roses: These are super hardy shrub roses developed in Canada, in Ottawa and in Morden, Manitoba. They come in white, pinks, and reds and in a variety of sizes and growth habits. They are highly recommended for the beginning rose gardener due to their hardiness and disease resistance.
Winter Protection: The Hybrid Tea, Floribunda, Grandiflora and Climbing roses require winter protection. In late fall cut stems back to about 18 inches (50 cm) and pile soil, leaves or grass clippings over the crown of the plant to a depth of 12 inches (30 cm). Remove the mulch in mid April and cut the canes back to about 8 inches (20 cm), removing any weak or spindly branches. English, Shrub and Explorer roses are grown on their own roots and do not require winter protection.
Fragrance:Roses are often chosen for their scent. Most roses have some fragrance ranging from light and fruity to strong and musky. Here is a list of TERRA roses with a strong fragrance:
All English roses have a strong fragrance.
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