Recommended Rose Care
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Detailed Informational
For The Most Beautiful Roses In Town
For more than 50 years we have encountered hundreds of “special” tricks that people use for ensuring the beauty of their roses throughout the year. Though many of these practices meet with limited success or failure, some are actually very helpful for your roses. From these few successful practices we at Galbraith’s have perfected the most reliable and time-tested methods for successfully growing your new roses. We have saved them here for you in this brochure so that you, with our help, can have the most beautiful roses in town.
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Late March - Early April Prune out all dead wood, then thin out the branches leaving four or five of the strongest remaining. Prune all the branches back to eight to ten inches in length. |
Mid - Late April Get your roses started with a good granular fertilizer, such as a rose food, then keep the plants well fertilized on a bi-weekly or monthly schedule depending on the manufacturer recommendations. |
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Our Selection of Recommended Rose Fertilizers |
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Late April - Early May Start a regular spraying program using “Systemic Insect Killer” or “Orthene” for insect control approximately every ten to fourteen days. You can mix this with “Funginex” for prevention of Black Spot and Powdery Mildew. Neither disease is fatal, but they do weaken the plant and cause defoliation. If you do not want to mix these products by yourself, then there is a premixed spray that combines “Orthene” and “Funginex” which is called “Orthenex” that is also available. |
Late Spring & All Summer After the point that you think the rose has bloomed completely, prune the expended rose back to a spot just above the first set of five leaves. There you will find a bud from which new growth, and new buds will appear. Cut just above that bud to start new blooms. |
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Our Recommendations For Home Garden Use Chemicals |
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First Week of September Stop all fertilizing. This helps the plant to harden off naturally before the hard freezes of winter begin. But, be sure that you continue to water your roses until Mid - December |
Early December Roses must have protection to get through most Northern Indiana winters. To protect your plant, mound up soil six to eight inches over the rose graft, that is where all the branches radiate from. Over the topsoil mound either mulch, sawdust, grass clippings or some other lightweight material to help insulate but not suffocate the plant. Don’t prune the branches back at all if possible. Some light pruning may be done if the bush is too tall. To prevent wind or snow damage try tying all of the branches together |
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