If you are determined to enjoy the blooming appearance of your rose garden for as long as possible, we have great news for you – their flowering period can be extended without any “dancing with tambourines”.
According to the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , a complex of proper care and fertilizers will help with this.
Fertilizer
By applying fertilizers in a timely manner, you can not only stimulate the flowering of this queen of flowers, but also prevent it from becoming infected with diseases and pests.
For fertilization, it is worth using multi-component compositions, which are applied at the beginning of spring, after the first flowering and in the last month of summer - in August. In addition, top dressing should also be used with the onset of autumn.
Removing faded flowers
As a result of cutting flowers that have already given us their beauty and faded, you will get even more new flowers on the young shoots of repeat-flowering roses.
If we are talking about varieties that are characterized by large single flowers, as well as tea hybrids, it is necessary to remove the entire stem on which the faded flower is located, right down to the shoot with a new bud. If such a shoot is not visible, cut the stem by half its length, above the leaf.
Finally, if you prefer Floribunda roses or are growing new, multi-flowered varieties in your garden, you will have to get rid of single, faded flowers from the forming buds. When all the flowers have faded, you can cut the entire stem.
