{"id":7038,"date":"2015-01-13T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7038"},"modified":"2015-01-09T14:47:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T19:47:29","slug":"what-roses-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/01\/13\/what-roses-need\/","title":{"rendered":"What Roses Need"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Double Pink Knockout at UT Gardens, Knoxville, TN<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rosa ‘Shockwave’<\/p><\/div>\n

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A\u00a0goal of most rose gardeners (rosarians)\u00a0is to grow them almost maintenance free. The improved shrub roses introduced almost two\u00a0decades ago have\u00a0brought this too\u00a0reality. Rose series such as Knockout\u00ae, Home Run\u00ae, Drift\u00ae, OSO Easy\u00ae, Carefree\u00ae\u00a0and Meidiland\u2122 are among the best.<\/p>\n

No matter the pedigree of the rose, selecting a poor site, doing something wrong, and\u00a0new disease problems can disappoint your love affair with roses. Providing a good environment makes growing\u00a0roses\u00a0a lot more enjoyable:<\/p>\n

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  • Plant in soil with good moisture drainage<\/li>\n
  • At least 6 hours of sunlight<\/li>\n
  • Adequate spacing between shrubs to allow good air circulation<\/li>\n
  • Shelter from high or drying\u00a0winds<\/li>\n
  • Little competition from other plants<\/li>\n
  • Irrigate\u00a0ground\u00a0but keep foliage dry (drip, soaker hoses); best time to water is\u00a0early morning<\/li>\n
  • Fertilizers:\u00a0either a water soluble fertilizer (3-4 times in growing season\u00a0thru early September); or<\/strong> 10-10-10 (in early spring and mid-July); or<\/strong> slow release fertilizer once in early spring.<\/li>\n
  • Organic fertilizers (as alternative):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    1. N (nitrogen) -horse manure – yes!; cow manure \u2013no! (full of weed seeds)<\/li>\n
    2. P (phosphorus)\u00a0 – roses crave P, very important; sources: bone meal, rock phosphate<\/li>\n
    3. K (potassium) –\u00a0improve summer heat tolerance<\/li>\n
    4. Minors-\u00a0Fe (chelated iron) and\u00a0Mg (Epsom salts)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      • Mulch with 2-3 inch layer of pine needles, bark chips or nuggets around bushes, but not against trunks.<\/li>\n
      • Keep roses weed-free as weeds compete and also\u00a0attract harmful bugs and diseases<\/li>\n
      • Prune roses in late winter or spring when dormant or starting to bud out<\/li>\n
      • Prune in summer to remove disease wood, particularly rose rosette or other virus problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                      A\u00a0goal of most rose gardeners (rosarians)\u00a0is to grow them almost maintenance free. The improved shrub roses introduced almost two\u00a0decades ago have\u00a0brought this too\u00a0reality. Rose series such as Knockout\u00ae, Home Run\u00ae, Drift\u00ae, OSO Easy\u00ae, Carefree\u00ae\u00a0and Meidiland\u2122 are among the best. No matter the pedigree of the rose, selecting a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,650,674,1115,665,10,816,551,843,601,403,598,385,777,630,705,706,646,113,905,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7038"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7279,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038\/revisions\/7279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}