Hot Chocolate Rose just arrived

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  1. Scotkat

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    Woo is it best to plant now in garden .

    Anything else needed ?

    Feed etc.

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    Oooh that one caught my eye before. Good choice :dbgrtmb:
     
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    Good morning Scotkat my friend my apologies for not answering you earlier, I personally would suggest planting it now would be just fine,Make sure that it will get at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. Roses grow well with bone meal I usually mix some with the soil that is going back in the hole, Make sure that everything is combined well.If you are putting in bare root rose plants, be sure to cut down the height of the canes to at least 8 inches, and removed any damaged or diseased roots. The pruning is necessary to promote growth, even if it seems a bit extreme.Hope this helps my friend:)

    Hot Chocolate Floribunda/Repeat Flowering
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      use some rootgrow (Mycorrhizal Fungi) ... read on google on how to use

      for roses, I use John Innes #3, some of the topsoil then mixed with 30% well rotted farmyard manure and 2-3 handfuls of superphosphate or bonemeal mixed into the mixture

      I have only recently started using rootgrow, and have seen that David Austin also recomends using this when planting his roses
       
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      If you use all that Concoction you will do more harm than good especially to the roots my friend:WINK1:
       
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        I saw a picture of this rose on another forum, good choice Scotkat, now where can I squeeze one :D
         
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          All planted now to look forward to the pleasure of wonderful blooms like WOO :)

          Just in time now its yes raining again .
           
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          Good morning Scotkat,Dim,Cosmos Guy and Simbad ,I have just ordered one for my new Rose Garden,Thank you Scotkat I have decided to go with the amber/copper colour scheme.:)
           
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            Whoa, go steady on those application rates, that amount on my chalky soil would be slow death to any plant. Follow the application rate on the pack, some superphosphates are ‘triple’ strength by the way so even less volume is needed. :dbgrtmb:
             
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            The colour is absolutely lovely. I have something similar but not quite the same thing. They also look very healthy :dbgrtmb:
             
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            Hello Woo and all rose lovers.

            Here we are now past Jan for us no snow yet 1st day of Feb and lots of new growth showing on Hot Chocolate.

            I know you said bone meal Woo ,which got done when planted.

            When is next time I should feed and how often through the season.

            And you I stick to Bone Meal ?


             
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            Good afternoon Scotkat my friend ,I usually put 4 ozs to a square metre in the spring, I never feed later in the summer as I think that this will promote late young soft growth which will be damaged by the first frost,only my opinion though:WINK1::)
             
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                Hi Scotkat that,s a beautiful photo:yess::)
                 
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                What a beautiful rose ...
                 
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