The latter part of last summer was hot and droughty in Westminster. I went to look at a garden, locally, on top of a windy hill that is quite exposed to the worst of winter’s harshness. Included was a small rose garden. Due to the weather and some neglect, all of the roses looked poor, except
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Why antiques? Antique roses are those breed by species, sports, varieties, or cultivars prior to the first hybrid tea, (LaFrance) in 1867. Some people are not as strict in their interpretation of antique roses as the American Rose Society, and claim any rose 75 years or older as being old.Why antiques?
While winter is the season of hibernation and dormancy for your roses, it can spell disaster, if you let it face the season with out taking any precaution.The tougher varieties like old garden roses and own-root types normally survive through the bitter cold, but the more delicate varieties like hybrid
The beauty of your roses can be easily overcome by diseases and fungi. As roses are more delicate when it is cold, they are more likely to fall to diseases when the seasons turn warmer.Even if they get through winter relatively unscathed, their weaker immune systems will be more open to the heat and
Gardening and caring for the different rose typesWATERINGRoses are deep rooted and once they are well established are more capable than most plants of surviving mild drought spells. The first spring and summer directly after planting your rose is very important. During this period if the soil around
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