Quick Tip from Metro Atlanta Landscape (Formally Harbor Bay Landscaping)

[Harbor Bay Landscaping]

Here are some easy ways to keep your roses healthy and producing beautiful flowers year after year:

 

- Plant garlic or marigolds next to rose bushes to keep insects off of the rose.

 

- Use phosphate-rich fertilizer in Spring and midsummer.

 

- Prune roses in the Spring before new leaves appear. Cut stems 1 inch below weak, diseases or dead areas.

 

- Weed the area around roses to decrease insect problems.

 

- To prevent black spot infection (spots on leaves that kill them), spray the entire bush with 2 teaspoons of baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon of corn oil and 2 quarts of water.

 

- Fertilize with organic ingredients–especially bananas and banana peals that give roses potassium to help them thrive.

 

- Make sure your roses are getting at least 6 hours of sunlight each day.

 

- If you have alkaline soil, periodically pour a small amount of vinigar around the base of the rose to help it absorb nutrients.

 

Now that you have beautiful roses, don’t forget to stop and smell them!

[SOTDOC]

I've never heard of planting garlic or marigolds with the roses. I'll have to try that. Thanks!

[MarkPalm]

These are great tips. Thanks. Now if I can just find more Patsy Cline roses to plant (mine only survived three seasons) I'll definitely take this advice.

[Harbor Bay Landscaping]

I've never heard of planting garlic or marigolds with the roses. I'll have to try that. Thanks!

 

You're welcome! Let me know how it works for you.

[tempest]

My wife wants to plant some roses. I'll have to let her know about this.