Pruning Roses Written by Ken Austin
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Get rid of all remaining leaves. This will allow for new leaf growth and prevent fungus infections from old ones.
The next step in pruning your roses is to take a wire brush and scrub off woody material on bud union. Be careful to avoid brushing off any new bud eyes. This is also supposed to stimulate and provide room for new canes from bud union.
Finally, finish your rose pruning by cleaning up all dead stuff you’ve cut away. Get rid of all old petals and pull weeds from around rose bush. This will help to eliminate fungus and insect problems. Finish up by placing new mulch around rose bushes. There you have it! Pruning your roses in 8 easy steps!
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‘La France’ was first hybrid tea rose grown in 1867 by a French nurseryman, Jean-Baptiste Guillot. He cross-bred two old garden roses and developed an entirely new kind of rose.
Hybrid tea roses should be planted 18 to 36 inches apart or they can be planted with other flowers in large pots.
There are hundreds of choices when looking for hybrid tea roses. Choices can be made by color, names or fragrance. There are hybrid tea roses named after famous people including presidents and their wives.
The very first tea rose was a cross between a China rose and Rosa gigantea. These plants are more bushy than hybrid tea rose but well-shaped flower buds remind us of today’s modern hybrid tea roses. Tea roses come in shades of white, pink and yellow. Start thinking about adding a tea rose or hybrid tea rose to your garden this year.
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