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PREPARING YOUR GARDEN FOR SUMMER BLOOMS!

SUMMER ROSE CARE A rose is often the jewel of the garden, and they can transform any space, […]

PREPARING YOUR GARDEN FOR SUMMER BLOOMS!

Posted:
13 May 2024

SUMMER ROSE CARE

A rose is often the jewel of the garden, and they can transform any space, but they’re also easy to grow and remarkably tolerant. So, with a little extra care and attention roses will thrive year after year producing abundant blooms every summer.

These three top tips from the experts at David Austin® will ensure your roses are well cared for into the sunnier summer months ahead.

1. FEED and nourish (April)

Feeding your roses in the springtime will give roses the essential nutrients they require to encourage strong, healthy growth and abundant flowering. This quick and simple task is one of the most beneficial jobs you can do to ensure that your roses are at their most healthy and floriferous when summer arrives. Apply a small handful of rose food on the soil around the roots of the rose, then gently dig it into the soil using a hand fork and water in generously.

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2. WATER well in summer sun (May and July)

Roses are deep-rooted hardy plants. However, watering regularly is essential when warmer weather arrives, and for roses that have been newly planted. Keeping them well hydrated will require around 5 litres of water once a week for established roses, and the same every other day for newly planted roses. It is best to water as close to the base as possible, stopping every now and then to allow the water to soak in. For climbing and rambling roses, we advise 10 litres of water.

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3. DEADHEAD spent blooms (June and July)

To encourage repeat flowering roses to produce more blooms, it is important to remove any spent flowers. Not only does deadheading encourage new growth, it also improves the appearance and shape of the rose. *Avoid deadheading roses that produce hips, so they can add interest to the garden through the autumn and winter seasons.

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Deadheading roses in the Plant Centre

Selection of our Rose collection within our Outside Plant Area.....

Olivia Rose:

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Pretty buds open to beautiful, cupped rosettes of an even, mid pink colouring. They have a light to medium fruity fragrance. It commences flowering exceptionally early in the season and flowers in flushes until well into the autumn.
It forms a very healthy, well-balanced shrub with dark green foliage, which shows off the flowers to the very best effect.
Named after the daughter of David Austin Junior and granddaughter of David Austin Senior.David Austin, 2014.

Dannahue

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Gabriel Oak

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Magnificent, large, many petalled rosette blooms of a striking shade of deep pink, the outer petals paling slightly over time. A vigorous rose with mulberry purple stems, dark green foliage and a strong fruity fragrance.
Named after the Hardy novel 'Far from the Madding Crowd'.

Gertrude Jekyll

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Always one of the first English Roses to start flowering, its perfect scrolled buds open to large, rosette-shaped flowers of bright glowing pink. The beautiful, perfectly balanced Old Rose scent is often described as being the quintessential Old Rose fragrance. A vigorous rose; it will form a medium-sized, upright shrub.
Named for the famous garden designer and author. David Austin, 1986.

Roald Dahl

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Soft orange-red buds open to medium-sized, cupped rosettes of perfect apricot colouring. They are extremely robust and have a lovely fruity Tea scent. Very healthy; it matures into an attractive, rounded, bushy shrub with few thorns.
Named to mark the centenary of Roald Dahl’s birth, with the approval of his wife, Liccy Dahl – the colouring reminiscent of the eponymous peach in James and the Giant Peach.

Discover our range of David Austin English roses this summer and add timeless character and charm to your garden for years to come.

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