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PLANTING ROSES
For the most part, roses do well in most soils, though they thrive particularly in clay. You will find that they vary from soil to soil in not only their growth but also their colours.
Make sure you have a big enough hole, a general rule of thumb is twice the size as the root ball you are planting, loosening the soil well. We put in well rotted manure, if that is available. A small shovel full is sufficient. Some bone meal will encourage good root growth.
Try to put the plant in at the same level it was in the pot but as there is no graft to worry about, a couple centimetres difference is not crucial. Loosen the roots around a central mound and fill it in.
Make sure to give it plenty of water right away and then for the first year ensure that the soil doesn’t dry out.
PRUNING
It is not necessary to prune the Teas and the Chinas very hard at all. It is best to let them go for a year or two other than cutting out dead wood and encouraging growth up off the ground or into a pleasing shape. Deadheading will only moderately affect their subsequent re-flowering. They should never be pruned like Modern Hybrids. |
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Original Tea Roses
There are four main types of Tea roses. Below are two of the very early ancestors of the Tea rose, a result of some of the first probable crossings with Rosa chinensis and
R. gigantea. |
Hume's Blush Tea-Scented China |
Park's yellow Tea-Scented China |
Type 1
Small twiggy and spreading bushes, similar to Chinas such as;
Cel's Multiflora
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Type 2
The classic upright Tea shape of medium height with slender branches such as;
Safrano
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Type 3
The modern tall Tea with heavy stems and heavier foliage such as;
Rainbow
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Type 4
The climbing Tea; vigorous, heavy wood virtually indistinguishable from the Tea-Noisettes other than their tendency to have clustered flowers, such as;
Climbing White Maman Cochet
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