These and other organic additions can be added to a planting hole when planting new roses or crushed, chopped and spread around the roses in spring before you mulch around the area with your primary slow-release feed and mulch material.

We would recommend spraying from April to October for the best control with 1 application every 1 to 2 weeks, only spray when overcast or early morning or late evening if hot and sunny, never spray your roses in hot direct sunshine from mid morning to late afternoon as this will scorch your leaves and flowers.. Treating Greenfly, Aphids & Pests I then add a high potash liquid feed during the season to encourage good strong colours in the blooms.” INNER JOIN `catalog_category_product_index_store1` AS `cat_index` ON cat_index.product_id=e.entity_id AND cat_index.store_id=1 AND cat_index.visibility IN(2, 4) AND cat_index.category_id=2 A 1 litre bottle should provide 30-40 applications to a single rose plant in a 7”x9” pot 45cm high and 40cm wideUnfortunately, for many gardeners, the usual response when growing roses is to reach for non-organic, synthetic fertilisers. Alongside a good watering and feeding regime, a good mulch also provides a barrier from pests and diseases,” says Ben Stirton, the nursery manager at Country Garden Roses.

This means that they can often be content with much less feeding than roses that are grown in containers, confined beds or planters.

How to look after roses

This depends on you and how good you want your roses to look and perform, the main thing is to make sure your roses are kept well fed and this will help greatly in keeping disease problems at bay or to a minimum level. Regular spraying of the foliage in summer months before you see problems will definitely lead to improved performance and much cleaner and healthier growth.