Before You Buy Roses...:

So, you e decided to pt rose bushes in your yard or on your patio, porch or balcony. Now all you e to do is go out and buy some bushes and pt them. Right? Wrong!!

There are sral things t you e to decide bee buying:

1. Where are you pning on pting?
2. Are you going to pt in the und or in containers?
3. Do you want roses t are scen or unscen?
4. Do you want bushes, trees, climbers, vining or do you want them to w into a hedge?
5. Do you want large, medium, small or miniature oms?
6. Do you want roses cutting?
7. W colors go best with your garden, patio, porch or balcony?

There are sral types of roses, among them are:
Hybrid teas om frequently, are dy, come in a wide range of colors, are well scen and are good cutting vases. The size of the oms and the length of the stem depends on how they are pruned. They make the best long stem roses cutting.

Hybrid perpetuals are seldom p today as they e a limi color range and normally om less frequently. They are, howr, quite dy and e large well scen oms. The "Ameri Beauty" rose is from this category.

Grandifloras are a cross between hybrid teas and floribundas. The fers are the same size and shape as hybrid teas; howr they usually e an abundance of oms on each stem. These roses are very popular wing in containers.

Floribundas e slightly smaller fers but are dier, e a longer wing season in cold climates and yield large numbers of fers.

Polyanthus are small averaging just 18 inches in height. They are very dy and produce large clusters of small fers.

Miniatures average between 6 and 12 inches in height, carry small one inch or less oms, are dy and require little care. These make very good balcony container roses.

Climbers come in sral types, Ramblers which are dy, fast wing and dlop es up to 20 feet long. Pillars are ser wing upright pts t are well sui wing on posts. Trailers are wing easy to maintain pts good covering banks and walls. Large Fered Climbers are ser wing but e more showy fers and are good wing against fences and walls. Hybrid Teas, Floribundas and Polyanthus sometimes become climbers and e the same cacteristics as the bushes.

Tree Roses be dloped from any type of rose. They are made by grafting a bush onto a long thick trunk. These k great on a patio or porch.

Shrub Roses are normally small, dy fairly continuously oming bushes t be used as hedge (hedges w to 5 or 6 feet and provide inexpensive privacy and color), thicket and trellis (trellis roses add a beautiful accent to a yard or home entryway and be made into an arch) roses. There are n varieties t be used as und cover on embankments or p in hanging pots.
Today roses come in hundreds of varieties with new varieties being dloped ry year and in an almost limitless number of colors and color variations. It has been my experience, howr, t usually the darker the color the heavier the scent. Most white roses seem to e no scent at all.

If you choose the right roses the right place you add beauty and elegance to any garden, patio, porch or balcony without spending large amounts of money or time.
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