Each year we aim to improve the rose beds by planting bare root roses. Some years we manage two phases, November and early March. As you may already have read from previous posts, we are only planting roses using the cardboard box method. This way of planting gives each rose its own fresh compost/topsoil mix, both within the box and directly outside of the box. Although the cardboard will disintegrate with time, using this method gives the roses the best possible chance to get established, free from any viruses which may be present in the rose bed from previous roses which have died. It does appear to be a success, as evidence from other beds we have replanted indicates.
On Monday 9th March the gardening volunteers set to work planting up bed number 41 with eight new Rosa Hansa roses. Compost/topsoil premixed had been delivered and with cardboard boxes and wheelbarrows to hand, as well as Rootgrow Myccorhizal Fungi granules, planting began. These granules help the rose to establish a good root system faster than just planting alone. With the weather staying dry for once, all 8 roses were successfully planted during the morning. This is one of the smaller beds so it wasn't as much of a challenge for the team. Below you can see that this Hansa variety of rose is a lovely magenta colour with fragrance and also produces large rose hips in the Autumn which will be appreciated by wildlife as well as extending the season of interest. Hopefully, being a Rugosa species rose variety will also make it very resilient and long lived.
No comments:
Post a Comment