Description

Nothing beats the sight and scent of traditional English climbing roses draping from an archway or pergola, churning out flowers for 4 months through the summer, and producing a fabulous fragrance to waft through your garden on the breeze, especially on warm days. Climbing up to 4.5m, these roses are perfect for growing up trellises, arches, walls or fences. What’s more, these beautiful roses will produce their first displays this summer to fill your garden with colour and fragrance. Easy to grow and maintain, you will get one each of : Dublin Bay – a sumptuous red double, very-free flowering and quite thorn free (will grow to approx 2.5m) Golden Showers – bright sunshine yellow (will grow to approx 4.5m tall) Zepherine Drouhin – vibrant pink (will grow to approx 4.5m tall) Caring for your Bare Root Roses On receipt, soak the roots in water for at least two hours (overnight is better). Planting in Ground Select an appropriate spot for your roses, making sure that you give them enough space to grow Dig a hole twice the width of the roots, fork over the bottom to loosen the soil Add some good quality fertiliser eg. Blood Fish & Bone Aim to plant at the same depth as the soil mark on the trunk. Holding the rose upright with one hand, slowly backfill the hole with soil. Use your heel to compact the soil around the rose to ensure good contact with the roots Planting In Pots If you’re planting into pots, place some old rocks, stones, or gravel in the bottom of the pot for drainage Always try to use the best compost you can buy Add some sand or grit to aid drainage You are again aiming to plant to the depth of the soil mark. Firm down as you fill and press down hard with your heel when the pot is full