Roses are red...

by Mary Lynn Martin

It is rose time!

Roses are not my thing, however, my mother loved them,  so I try to keep them alive! (haha) We also have roses that I transplanted three times from a very good friend’s home.

One of our dinner guests shared these easy tips for rose care, so now I'm sharing them with you! Good luck with your roses, and please send us photos of your beauties!

Tips for rose care:

• Early in the spring, cut off all dead branches, and cut each stem back to about 14 inches tall.
• Place a circle two-feet wide of dry cow manure around each plant.
• Apply a big handful of Epson Salt, blood Meal and bone meal.
• Work into the soil. 
• Every three weeks from April through October, apply a spray that controls Black Spot and other diseases. (Bioadvanced all-in-one rose and flower care with fertilizer, insect control and disease control works well.)
• Once a month, work into the soil, bone Meal and cow manure.
• ​​In the fall, cut plants back to 3 feet.