Start with a bare root rose, and prune the plants you already have, and you’ll reap scented rewards by summerA decade ago, when I was first working out how to grow things on my balcony and trying to understand the difference between an annual and a perennial, rose pruning seemed an impossibility. To me it represented everything about the (slightly scary) horticultural old guard that I just could not relate to. Foam kneelers! Beige anoraks! Chelsea flower show tickets! It all felt a world away from the straggly mint I was trying to keep alive on a concrete ledge.Fast forward 10 years and I am now the kind of person who fantasises about giving that unloved rose peering over the neighbour’s garden wall a good prune. February may be the time when scarlet stems fill up sad buckets in supermarkets and petrol stations (it would be much better if people gave their Valentines seasonal flowers), but for me it’s time for rose planting – and pruning – in the garden. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
Read more…Now Valentine’s Day is over, it’s time to get serious with your roses
