ROSE RAMBLER 8.03.2018 …

ROSE RAMBLER 8TH MARCH, 2018 …

Hello, dear rose friends … it’s been such glorious weather here which gives us brilliant opportunity to spend more time in the garden – I’ve been planting roses which I held over from last winter!!!  Tova was bursting with enthusiasm to have a ‘planting day’ to savour watering those potted roses which begged to be planted in my garden!  Graham’s turn next week!!!

Autumn is an ideal time for planting and since it’s another long weekend with a public holiday on Monday in most States, take the kids to your local garden centre to get punnets of veggies and flower seedlings – get down and dirty in the garden together which makes caring for your garden a whole family responsibility and pleasure!

PANSY BORDER PLANTED 5TH MARCH 2018, which will give enormous pleasure throughout the whole year – see this pic of how pretty the garden bed is when roses start flowering in October too …

GRA’S GARBLE …

… it’s autumn so here are some tips on HOW TO FERTILIZE YOUR ROSE GARDEN …  Fertilizing your roses in autumn is a very important task and your plants will reward you immensely when they are fed with high-quality products to ensure they flower right up into winter.

We are so lucky now that science has produced easy-to-use fertilizers with a complete package of nutrients so that we don’t have to purchase a little bag of this and another bag of that.  Just buy a quality ALL PURPOSE FERTILIZER and spread it over the entire root zone of the plants.  Remember, a rose which is growing in well fertilized, the humus-rich soil will naturally be far more able to resist any pest and disease problems!

We’ve only got one small space to put nutrients into our bodies – yes, our mouth.   The clever mechanism of our body distributes all the goodness from that food throughout our entire system.

Plants are similar in that they spread feeder roots below their entire growth canopy so if you only throw the fertilizer at the ‘neck’ of the plant, that fertilizer isn’t being distributed evenly for the plant to be able to utilise it.  Take some time to lightly distribute the fertilizer around the entire root-zone/growth canopy of your roses.  Fertilize every eight weeks and enjoy the rewards – greater quantity of bigger blooms on sturdy, healthy bushes.

To get up to 30% more flowers on your roses, water ECO-SEAWEED solution over the rose bushes at least twice a month – you can add the ‘protectors’ – ECO-ROSE/FUNGICIDE to prevent fungus and ECO-OIL to prevent insect attack or act as a ‘sticker’.  Your roses will be superbly protected, energised and flower prolifically through this magnificent autumn.

The profusion of flowers on MOLINEUX is not an accident but good management and we consider MOLINEUX one of the BEST yellow roses we stock!

A notice at a Dublin building site:  THE SHOVELS HAVEN’T ARRIVED YET AND UNTIL THEY DO, WE WILL HAVE TO LEAN ON EACH OTHER.

YOUR GARDEN CAN BE YOUR DOCTOR …

Research has shown that gardening for 30 to 45 minutes per day is the equivalent exercise to walking 3kms for 40 minutes or cycling 8kms in 30 minutes.
That’s not just out walking and smelling the roses!  However, just out walking and smelling the roses will add years and years of goodness to your life and change your mood, every time.

A recent ‘green space’ report has shown that 91% of people believe that parks and gardens have a positive effect on our quality of life, contributing more to our wellbeing than our jobs, our sex-life, money or religion.  Is it natural to want to be with Mother Nature?  The plants and flowers, of course, are essential to meet the needs of all our senses and roses are great because they flower for up to eight months of the year.

Q.  What do you get when you cross a computer programmer with an athlete?  A.  A floppy discus thrower!

NEXT WEEK

rosesalesonline.com.au will be open for ORDERING BARE-ROOTED ROSES for delivery this winter.  Of the 2018 NEW RELEASE ROSES which are so magnificent – here is one we’ve been watching closely which we urge you to store in your wish-list …

PER-FYOOM PERFUME is a most amazingly healthy and free-flowering variety with an interesting petal formation but most especially, a perfume to die for!  Yes, this is going to be our PREMIER ROSE FOR 2018 SEASON … I can’t wait for you all to grow this beauty and be as enamoured as we are!

PER-FYOOM PERFUME in our garden this week … ALSO PER-FYOOM PERFUME FOLIAGE

I’m busy loading pictures and descriptions so the website is ready to go live next week … meantime, you can always call me Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday 03 5787 1123 or email info@rosesalesonline.com.au to discuss your order.

Enjoy this long weekend with family and friends … we’ll be open as usual so perhaps come for a visit to Clonbinane …

2 Replies to “ROSE RAMBLER 8.03.2018 …”

  1. I had a similar problem with nutsedge.Both are perennial weeds, so it takes 2-3 years to see really solid results. The only chemical i used was Ortho Weed B Gon. You can try organic solutions, but I had no luck with anything organic. As with any perennial weed, the best time to control is in the spring when weeds are actively growing. Cudweed, nutsedge and crabgrass also take hold in lawns that are mowed too short and under fertilized. Buy a soil tester and see what your fertilizer needs are. You may not need a weed and feed product, just a fertilizer if you are going to be using weed b gon. In the spring and early summer, keep your lawn at a 3-4 height. Apply weed b gon as soon as temps hit 55 degrees for 3 days in a row. I didnt see really good results until the second year.

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