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​Seasonal Plants - Suitable for Hoedspruit

Summertime December to February

Appelblaar Road Stall and Nursery is on the R527 road towards Lydenburg. 19 kilometers from the beautiful town of Hoedspruit

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Ideally, roses like a position in the garden that receives at least six hours of full sun a day. Top rose grower, Ludwig Taschner, says, "It has to do with how much light falls on how large a leaf surface. Roses growing in a slightly shady position, i.e. east of a house, wall or tall shrubs, in dappled shade, or at the edge of trees will develop much larger leaves than those growing in full sun. Even more shade will reduce the quantities of flowers and the leaves will become soft and are more susceptible to fungal disease."

"Roses are known to be waterholics," says Ludwig. "The more water available at root level, the more growth can be expected. However, the soil condition and the initial soil preparation vary in every garden and the common advice of 20 litres of water per week per roses bush should be overridden by applying common sense. Sandy soil requires watering more often, even daily, whereas clay soil might hold water even too long, not allowing air to circulate at root level. Roses love water in motion. They cannot grow in standing water. In fact more roses die from drowning then they do from under-watering."

Immediately after planting your rose bush, Ludwig advises that the fresh soil around the roses needs to be soaked with water. After this a little water every second or third day will suffice until the bushes are showing signs of new active growth when watering has to be increased.

Roses benefit from regular monthly fertilising. "Before a next flush of flowers can appear, new stems and leaves need to be produced. The quality of the new shoots determines the quality of the blooms," says Ludwig. Any manure, fertiliser or compost you applied in July will be used up in October and rose roots are not that vigorous to spread out finding new resources of nutrients, so make sure you feed roses regularly.