Growing Guide for Roses

Grow, Plant, Prune and Care for Beautiful Roses

When it comes to flowering plants, it’s hard to go past roses, with their gorgeous flowers and lovely scents.

If they are planted in the right location they will be very hardy, long-lived and long-flowering plants. Here in the garden at The Berkshires we have them flowering from September through to May. They are a plant that will reward you well if they are cared for correctly and most importantly planted in the right location.

You will have the most success with them if they are located in a sunny position (they will need six hours of direct sunlight per day), they need protection from wind, most will prefer a dry climate and they need to have a well draining soil that is high in organic matter to get them established. If you cannot provide these conditions it is probably best not to attempt to grow them as they will end up needing a lot of additional care that will make them high maintenance plants. If you give them the conditions listed above they will not be too hard grow and won’t need too much maintenance.