How to Take Care of Tree Roses

Ideally, your rose should be pruned in late winter, while it's dormant. Cut top shoots back to 6-8". Normally, floribunda and grandiflora roses should have 4 to 6 buds per shoot, and hybrid tea, only one or two. If you want to play it safe, leave a couple more buds per shoot just in case a late frost zaps the ones that grow first. These roses are tough and are vigorous enough to generate new growth without a problem.

A tree rose is a bush rose that's been budded onto a 2-3 foot high understock stem. Caring for your tree rose is similar to the care of all roses:

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Pruning shears
• Soil

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   Make sure it gets sunshine all day long, stake the trunk to help support it, and cut the spent blooms off to encourage additional blossoms

2. Prune any errant growth as it appears, and trim annually to maintain the shape of the tree rose

3. When planting, amend the soil with organic matter to help hold moisture and release nutrients to the roots

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   Make sure the soil is well-draining.

5. After planting, make a well or basin around the trunk to help direct the water to the root zone

6. Apply mulch to help keep weeds down and to help hold moisture.

7. When you water, water deeply to wet the entire root mass. Feed your rose about 4 weeks after planting, and again every six weeks while it's blooming.

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   With the above care, your rose tree should produce an abundance of beautiful blooms.

Tips & Warnings

• Cover your rose on nights when temperatures are predicted to dip.

Resources

• http://www.rose.org/