Rose Pruning.

1. Roses should be pruned in early fall or spring.
2. Remember only prune if their is a need to. Do NOT prune just because you want to use your new rose pruners.
4. Prune all dead or dying branches.
5. Always deadhead expired blooms, this will help generate new growth and more budding blooms.
6. For Great looking roses. Prune roses that are too dense! Thin out climbing, hybrid tea, shrub and floribunda roses.
This will help with air circulation which will improve growth and encourage more blooms through out the blooming season.

How to Fertilize

1. Fertilize in early spring, summer and fall. If your roses look really bad fertilize once a month until they respond but only during the spring and summer months. Always use a good Rose Food Fertilizer.
2. Use a good mulch to help retain moisture and keep those nasty weeds away.
3. Make sure you have good water drainage.
4. Use a good fertilizer with a higher PH level or acidy level.
5. Be sure to purchase a good rose food fertilizer from your local nursery.

Planting Tips.

1. Always purchase roses from a reputable nursery.
2. Dig a hole about twice as wide and about the same height as the container it is in. Roses like good loamy soil.
3. If you live in the southwest planting should be done in Late January or early February.
4. Be sure to ask you local nursery when is the best time to plant roses for your area.
5. Use a good root stimulator after planting to stimulate root growth.

Problems

1. Thrips, Aphids and slugs oh my! Keep those bugs and fungus at bay.
2. Use a good systemic insecticide. Systemic means from the roots towards the trunk, brances and eventually into the foliage. You can apply to the base of the plant then water in. Eventually insects will munch on foliage and die.
3. For slugs be sure to use slug bait ask for it at your local nursery.
4. Fungus control. You can use neem oil to control powdery mildew and other fungus diseases.
Neem oil does work but you may have to do several application.

Human Observance.

1. Be diligent in observing your roses or any plants for that matter.
2. Inspect your roses on a daily basis if possible. Look for bugs, droopy or eaten foliage.

Mistakes people make in caring for roses.

1. Not enough water. Folks will purchase roses plant them and forget what they need. Water everyday for 20 days. Especially if you live in the desert southwest.
2. If you have a drip system make sure the dripper is really watering the root ball.
3. 4-5 gallons off water every other day on a good drip system will work.

Guzmans Greenhouse
Shrub Roses at Guzman's

Types of Roses

Hybrid Tea and Grandiflora rose-They are large elegant blooms on long straight stems ideal for cutting.

Floribunda-A busy rose with clustered bloom habit.

English Rose-These roses have full double blooms of old roses with repeated flowering-ideal for landscaping.

Climbing Rose-The climbing rose is named for the climbing habit, they grow best along trellises or arbors.

Hedge Rose-Used for low maintenance fencing along property lines.

Shrub Rose-They are known for there trouble free and easy to grow maintenance.

Miniature-Blooms structure and habit of hybrid teas, minatures roses are grown in containers of used for landscaping in smaller areas.

Tree Rose-Excellent for the patio or around large statuary and pond areas.