Make sure you plant your roses somewhere where they have access to at least 6 hours of sunlight daily.
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Outdoors
Plant of the Week: The Rose
by Homesessive
Celebrated for centuries for its beauty and scent, and with over one hundred different species, its no wonder we're choosing to celebrate the Rose!
Known for their lovely scent, rose petals can be used for perfume, potpourri and in some teas or tisanes. Although they may serve other uses, roses are mainly cultivated for aesthetic pleasure, and are often a staple in any garden.
Surprisingly enough, most species of roses are native to Asia.
The Rosa genus is divided into 4 species,
1. Hulthemia which is Greek for "with single leaves"
2. Hesperrhodos Greek for "western rose"
3. Platyrhodon Greek for "flaky rose"
4. Rosa- which contains all other types of roses.
Many of the types we see are hybrid species, bred specifically for their visual appeal. With so many beautiful variations, I wonder which species are currently living in the White House rose garden?
View the gallery above for rose growing tips!
To see our picks for previous plants of the week, take a look at Plant of the Week: Orchid, and Plant of the Week: Cotton.
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Tags: Green Friendly, Rose, Plant of the Week
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If you're looking for a little less maintenance, try shrub roses over hybrid versions.
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Plant fragrant herbs like mint and thyme around your roses to help keep away pests from the hidden treasure of the roses within.
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Discover what types of diseases and pests are prevalent in your area to avoid spraying with too many different pesticides etc.
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keep your roses surrounded with lots of mulch but remember they only need to be fertilized once a year.
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If this is your rose bush's second or third bloom, prune it immediately after blooming. When this secon dor third bloom happens, the rose is growing on old wood.
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Baking powder based sprays can prevent roses from developing black spot disease. That nasty disease that creates black spots all over the petals, and then kills the plant.
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And of course adequate watering is essential to the health of your roses. It varies depending on are and climate, but test out different water levels a bit in your first trial.
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