i'm moving house & about to adopt rose bushes how do i look after theese? when should they be pruned & by how

Answer 1

I've been growing roses for 20 years now and I have found that they are among the easiest plants to grow and the most rewarding. You are fortunate that your roses are already established. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind when dealing with roses.

Watering/Feeding:
The most important thing to remember here is that roses hate to get wet so remember to water early in the morning and only at the base. Newly planted roses need water every day for the first 2 weeks and then you can cut back to once a week, but make it a nice big drink. Feeding is also important, but stay away from Miricle-Gro for roses and any other perennial. It's only good for annuals. Roses really love manure mixed into the top layers of their soil and they also love fish emulsion. They just explode with that stuff.

Pruning:
There are two types of pruning and both are necessary to beautiful roses. Here are detailed instructions for pruning:

General Pruning: You do this to remove any dead or dying canes or spent flowers.
You need to pick a set of five leaves, but not necessarily the first set. Pick a set of five that are pointing outward because that will be the direction of a new cane and flowers. If you choose one pointing inward then your canes can cross and will cause other problems. Cut the cane at an angle like this (/) about 1/4" above the five leaf set. It is okay to do this with each cane and especially if the cane is dying. It is also okay to do this throughout the growing season because it promotes new growth.

Autumn Pruning: Any time between the first freeze of Autumn and the last freeze of winter you can seriously prune your rose down to about 2 feet. This will create a fuller, lusher plant for the new season. Once again you will want to cut at an angle. However, instead of cutting above a five leaf set, this time you will want to cut right above a node which will resemble a small, reddish, slightly pointed bump on the cane. Like the five leaf set, make sure the node is pointing outward.

Here are a couple of web sites that have more detailed directions on pruning roses.
http://www.bayeradvanced.com/article/how-to-prune-hybrid-tea-roses.html?source=google
Video from Expert Village on how to prune a rose:
http://homegarden.expertvillage.com/videos/deadheading-roses.htm

Sites about the problems that may occur with roses:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pests_and_diseases_of_roses#Environmental_disorders
http://www.yardener.com/ProblemsofBushRoses.html
http://www.sactorose.org/rosebug/irosepests.htm

Good Luck with your new roses.

Answer 2

There are a few basic things to take care of with rose bushes.
First thing would be to "cultivate" the soil around them - meaning use a small trowel or garden digger dig a few inches into the soil so it's not compacted. Then water them at ground level where you just cultivated. Do not get water on rose leaves as this will generally lead to mildew (a white powdery residue on the leaves). Roses are very susceptible to mildew. When pruning roses, select a point on the branch about an inch above where another branch is growing and cut diagonally there. They do best if you cut them back to about a foot above the ground. They love pruning. Watch for aphids. These are little green bugs that will eat the rose leaves and flower buds. The best way to handle this is to merely pull them off the buds or branches. You can also use pesticides.

Answer 3

if in uk
just tidy them at this time of year
cut out thin and unhealthy looking branches.
in spring look for new shoots and prune just above them
it depends how high you want the bushes to be to cut back to
lightly hoe round bushes and give them some rose fertilisier as box instructions.

Answer 4

never in fall do you prune it stimulates growth, only in spring, after danger of serious frost is past, here is a good rule of thumb to know when to prune, when the forsythia bloom it is time to prune. these are those yellow flowering bushes that grow kind of gangly.

use a nice pair of pruning shears and only prune off dead stems, branches or stems that cross over each other to create more openess in the middle and a good organic rose food once a month during the growing season, water only once a week if you don't get rain regularly enough, water from below, avoid hitting the leaves as much as possible, to avoid black spot, tho I think it is impossible to completly eliminate it without chemicals (which hurt benefical bacteria and fungi in the soil that eat black spot fungi as well) if you get a white powdery substance on the leaves that wipes off, use milk and garlic mixture and spray it, it works wonders.

also as for roses it is best not to do over kill in care, just give them basic care and avoid pampering them to much. and depending on the type of roses be ready to winterize them,

roses such as hybrid teas need protection if growing in zone 7 or lower. if in zone 7 you probably can just mulch them and leave them alone, in zone 4 or 5 a nice little fencing around it to hold in some mulch of straw, cypress mulch etc that remain loose even when wet. if in a really cold region you may have to burlap them to death. but you may still lose them down to the roots and may still lose them altogether.

hybrid rugosas need little care. they don't do well with chemical sprays and are drought and cold resistant. unless you live in zone 3 or 4 you probably dont' need to do anything but mulch around the base to keep them from heaving from freeze thaws that can sometimes happen.

floribundas and polyanthas need only minimal care too for winter just a nice mulch around the base in most of the usa. floribundas have tea like flowers that are smaller than teas and grow in clusters, if you pluck the center bud the surrounding buds will bloom altogether.

polyanthas have small flowers (one inche) in clusters and bloom their little heads off. they are cold hardy, only make sure the graft is covered in cold regions. minatures have small flowers (the flowers are mini not necessarily the plant itself) they are cold hardy to. keep graft in ground or under mulch in cold regions. (where the ground freezes)

if you remove spent blooms it will encourge more blooming. remember blooming takes alot of energy, any help in giving them good food will only help enhance their blooming and coloring.

yellowing of the leaves near the ground could be the soil is too alkaline, if the leaves yellowing over the whole plant to acidic or your overwatering, you can add organic materials to alter the soil, but let the garden center people help you decide for roses what to use.

and sit back and enjoy them, I certainly do mine. I have 20 roses. some climbers some bushes and some more shrublike.

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Answer 5

prune at end of feb feed in april when soil is breakable.

Answer 6

Leave them for now.It is too late to prune.Wait until the spring.Feed them at the same time.

Answer 7

I think this website will tell you all you need to know . www.rosecare.com. I love the website it is great . they tell you all you need to know . good luck and happy gardening.