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Roses (botanical: pink) are classic garden plants. They will be available for purchase in stores as early as spring. In many places there are problems with starting after planting. This can be due to the planting time if it was chosen incorrectly. In order for these rose plants to thrive and enchant beds with countless, intense colors, hobby gardeners should know when it is best to plant their specimens.
problem planting time
Like most other plant species, a rose in new soil must first acquire nutrients and moisture in order for the roots to grow and establish themselves in the soil. For this, the soil must meet certain requirements, which depend primarily on the weather/season, but also on the vegetation rhythm of the roses. If the wrong or a suboptimal time is chosen, this makes it more difficult for the roses, which have already been weakened by repotting, to grow. As a result, growth disorders, drying out and/or stunted growth are quickly noticed on the parts of the plant that are above ground. In many cases they never come on and die off before a flower can form.
Best time to plant
spring
The growing season begins for the rose. As soon as the temperatures rise, the days get longer and the sun provides more warmth, it wakes up from its hibernation. It drives the energy up from the roots and ensures new shoots and flowering. If you buy roses now, you can definitely plant them, but it is not recommended for two reasons:
No "fresh goods"
As a rule, the sales goods in spring are "older" specimens from last year or even the year before last, because young plants only start growing slowly in spring at the earliest and usually need a few weeks until they are robust and strong enough, again to be transplanted or planted. Then spring would be almost over. "Older" rose offers can have the following disadvantages:
- Increased risk of diseases
- Go worse and often not at all
- Any germs/pathogens can migrate to neighboring plants and infect entire beds
- Poor growth
- Reduced flowering
Tip: You can plant in spring, but if you want to be on the safe side, you can wait or do it the year before.
summer
The summer months between June and August are not particularly suitable for planting. The heat stresses the rose plants. This, combined with the stress of planting, reduces the chances of rapid root establishment. Furthermore, they need a lot of water to start, which is usually not available naturally in summer due to rain. This is where hobby gardeners are in demand who don't shy away from the effort of covering their daily water requirements by watering. If you forget to water it, in the worst case it can be the death sentence for the pink. Therefore: do not plant in summer, unless there are the following exceptions!
Tip: Especially bare-root rose varieties react quickly with plant damage if they do not receive enough water. Since soil does not allow water to be stored, they often dry up in summer, which is why these specimens in particular should never be planted in summer.
Exceptions: container and climbing roses
If the container and/or climbing roses are well rooted, they can be planted in the summer. The root system is then so strong and developed that heat stress and planting can be better tolerated. But hobby gardeners cannot avoid additional regular watering. The soil needs to be slightly moist all the time to allow the roots to move/spread in it. If you don't have the time or don't want to spend it, you shouldn't plant container and climbing roses in summer.
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fall
Autumn is the best time to plant roses. At the end of September/beginning of October, when the days become significantly shorter and it gets cooler, the last flowers wither and they shed their leaves. Now the gathering of energy and nutrients begins before they go into hibernation.
If the rose is planted in autumn, the roots can recover much faster and more intensively thanks to the "saved" energy and nutrients for the foliage and flowers and anchor them in the soil. Due to its winter hardiness and hibernation, it reduces its supply to a minimum so that it still has sufficient energy and nutrients for vigorous growth and lush flowering in the following spring. Therefore, autumn is the ideal time to plant roses.
consider the following
Regardless of whether you decide to plant in spring or autumn. Basically, the following should be observed at planting time:
- Plant before or after prolonged frost
- Do not plant in frozen ground
- Temperatures should be well above freezing
- In mild winters without frost, planting can continue until the end of December/beginning of January
- In the event of sudden/unexpected frost after planting, provide protection from the cold (e.g. cover the soil with straw, leaves or pine needles)
- Plant bare root roses no later than October/November to give them enough time to root before frost sets in
- Recommended end of planting time: April
Best time to transplant
If roses are to change their location in the garden, this is also possible all year round during frost-free weather, but here, too, the months between October and December offer the best planting time.