Many people ask whether roses are hard to grow. The answer is,
no.

Roses are really quite easy to grow and require little more care
than any other perennial plant. You can learn all you need to
know to grow beautiful, healthy roses in the new e-book
“Gardening Made Easy,” available from our site.

Here’s an overview of the planting, care and maintenance of
roses from the chapter on rose gardening in “Gardening Made
Easy.”

Planting Roses

Soil preparation for roses is extremely important because roses
use a lot of nutrients. Preparing the soil bed for roses using
100% organic compost is a very good practice, not only for the
nutrients that the compost provides, but also because compost
will drain well and still retain plenty of moisture. While Roses
require a well-drained planting bed, they also require plenty of
water.

Maintaining Your Roses

Because roses bloom throughout the growing season, they are
heavy nutrient users and will require regular fertilizing. Feed
your roses in the spring when the leaves begin to bud out and
again in late summer or early fall, depending on the part of the
country you live in.

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To become a proud owner of a beautiful rose garden this year,
one of the first things you should research what climate zone
you are in. It may be nice to know that your yard will receive
lots of sunshine. But, one of the key bits of information you
need concerns the annual temperature variance in your zone. It
is primarily how cold your plants will get that will determine
the plants that you will be able to grow.

Get Familiar With Your Zone

If you ask any experienced gardener about a reliable source of
information about climate zones, they will tell you that they
use the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. This map is broken into
11 different climate zones and covers all 50 states, Canada and
Mexico. Refering to this map, you will be able to determine what
to plant your garden.

On the growing instructions that come with your plants, there
will be information about the growing conditions the plants need
to thrive. Regardless if you will be planting vegetables,
flowers or landscaping plants to use as landscaping, you will
need this information. It is a good idea (if you do not want to
waste your money) to check USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map before
you purchase any plants.

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