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Try Tuber Roses For Color And Fragrance
from: Kyle BesserIf you haven't experienced the glorious tuber rose in your garden, you don't know what you've been missing. Growing the tuber rose is easy and can add wonderful color and fragrance to your garden. If you would like to try growing tuber roses in your rose garden, here are some tips to get you off to a good start.
1. Plant tuber roses in soil with good drainage. Add peat moss or compost if your soil doesn't already have adequate drainage. Tuber roses require drier than average soil. One sure way to kill them is to let them get water logged.
2. Give your tuber roses full sun for at least six hours a day.
3. Tuber rose bulbs come in clumps. Plant the whole clump with 2-3 inches of soil above the top. Plant your tuber roses in the spring.
4. Spacing is important in rose gardening. Tuber roses should be placed 8-10 inches apart.
5. Watering is critical in rose gardening. Tuber roses should be watered generously after planting and regularly during the growing season.
6. Fertilizer is also a critical element of rose gardening. Tuber roses require heavy feeding. During the growth season, it's best to use an 8-8-8 fertilizer.
7. Tuber roses will bloom in mid to late summer, about 90-120 days after planting. Growing tuber roses is a great way to have lots of cut flowers for bouquets. Just a few stems will fill your home with fragrance.
8. When tuber roses have finished blooming, it is best to leave the foliage. The sun will provide nourishment to the bulbs to ensure they flower beautifully again next year.
9. If you live in zone 8 or colder, you should dig up the bulbs after the first frost. Let them air dry for a few days and then store them in paper bags with peat moss until it is time to replant them next spring.
If you prefer, tuber roses will do quite well in pots. If you live in a climate that requires you to dig up the tubers each year, planting in pots could actually be an easier way of growing them. Tuber roses still should be moved after the first frost, but when they are in pots, you can simply move the tuber roses in the pots to a warmer spot, such as your garage. Then just move the pots back out into the sunlight when the weather warms up in the spring.
However you choose to grow them, tuber roses are a lovely addition to your garden. Their delicate blooms and heady fragrance make them a favorite in the garden and for cutting.
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