How to plant a bare root rose

Bare-root roses are only available during the dormant season. And once you have them, you should plant them immediately. Find out how to do this so you can enjoy your rose for many (decades) to come.

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Bare-root roses, or bare-root roses, are only available when the plants are dormant, from late autumn and into winter. They are often cheaper than potted roses . Bare-root roses, as the name suggests, are delivered without soil. You plant them as soon as you receive them, and they will start growing immediately as soon as the spring temperatures rise.

Plant your bare-root roses while they're still dormant, roughly between November and March. However, don't plant your bare-root roses during frost, as the cold can kill the roots. Store your bare-root plants in a frost-free shed until daytime temperatures are above freezing.

Once you've picked up or received your rose, plant it out as soon as possible. This applies to all rose varieties . Follow these steps, and you can't go wrong.

Dig a spade-sized hole in the ground, deep and the same width. Place the excavated soil to one side of the planting hole.

Loosen the soil at the bottom of the planting hole with a garden fork and add half a handful of dried fertilizer pellets, such as chicken manure pellets. Gently press the loose soil back down with your foot.

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Place the bare-rooted rose in its place and place a bamboo stick over the hole to better see how far the soil will reach around the trunk. Make sure the base of the trunk is only slightly below this level.

Add a shovelful of compost to the soil you dug up and mix it together. Use this mix to fill the soil around the roots. As you fill the hole, regularly press the soil down with the heel of your foot.

When the planting hole is full, add a mulch of well-rotted manure or compost around the plant to help retain moisture. Then water your newly planted rose thoroughly.