The planting stage is the most crucial part of growing roses. Here are some tips to help you out.

1. Start by letting your rose bush soak in a bucket of water for 20 minutes.

 

2. Find an area to plant your bush that has free drainage, the roots of a rose bush don’t like being permanently soaked.

 

3. Dig a hole that’s about two feet square.

 

4. Add compost to the soil. Horse manure and peat moss are great for this.

 

5. Fertilisers such as bonemeal are a good supplement and should be mixed with the soil and used in the hole along with water.

 

6. When any water that has pooled has had a chance to drain away, plant the grafted rose. You need to keep the bud union of the bush at the surface.

 

7. If the country you live in has harsh and cold winters push the rose bush down a few inches below the soils surface.

 

8. Bank up the soil so that it surrounds the base of your rose bush. Doing this will help stop your bush from drying out, which can happen when the weather starts to get to warm or cold. This banking can be taken away once the rose starts to grow and mature

 

9. Finally for optimum growth, remember to water the rose bush often.