Roses are not everyone's cup of tea and I have to admit it's taken me a while to warm to them.
1. Feed all roses in early spring and again before they flower with a balanced multi-purpose or rose fertilizer
2. Mulch roses in early spring to suppress weeds and improve water retention - well-rotted manure acts as both a mulch and fertilizer
3. Water newly planted roses around the roots in dry periods - a full large watering can each time and not a little and often
4. Remove faded flowers to encourage new flowers unless you want the rose hips but stop removing the faded flower heads in early autumn
5. Prune your rose just as the buds begin to appear in early spring and in autumn too if you have a tall bushy rose
6. Never plant a new rose in old rose soil - remove all of the old soil and replace
There are so many varieties of rose and there are of course exceptions to these rules. If you know what variety you have, look it up on t'internet and webcybes ;^)
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