Blue Rose Garden Centre in Cobble Hill, Vancouver Island, Canada | Roses

Welcome to Blue Rose Garden Centre, Cobble Hill, Canada. At Blue Rose Garden Centre we specialise in caring For Your Establised Rose Bush

When the harsh weather of winter has ended uncover your Roses and spread the medium around the bed. This will act as a top dressing. More soil, composted manure, or bark mulch, can be spread over the bed. A good rule is to start pruning your Roses in the Spring when you see the Forsythia Bloom. Prune Roses then spray with Dormant Oil and Lime sulphur solution, also spray the surrounding ground. Growing plants that attract beneficial insects will keep aphid populations down E.g., Cosmos, Dill, Marigolds, Garlic.

In late August stop Fertilizing your Roses, you do not want to promote new growth that can be injured in winter. In October stop dead heading the Roses, just remove the petals, this will cause the Rose to go to seed and stop producing new growth. Usually by the end of November it is cold enough to strip the leaves off the plant and clean up all leaf litter. DO NOT PRUNE. Except for long spindly growth that could be damaged in winter. Dolomite Lime the Rose beds using 5 lb. per 105 sq. ft. This will sweeten the soil for next Spring.

Dormant Oil and Lime Sulphur the bare canes and then mound over the plant covering the crown with app 8 inches Bark Mulch, compost, or a soil mix for planting can be used.

The Recipe once again is: 1 CUP ALFALFA PELLETS for established Roses only,  ¼ cup MAGNESIUM SULPHATE, ¼ CUP BONEMEAL, 2 TBS Paramagnetic Mineral Soil,

We hope this information will give you Large and Happy Roses from the team at Blue Rose Garden Centre, Cobble Hill.