Xela's Garden
Rose ... Hybrid Tea 'Blessings'
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Reminders for this plant
Due 7 months ago:
Dead head
regularly remove dead flower heads ..... cut eh flower off just above a leaf with a downward sloping cut away from the leaf bud.
Due 6 months ago:
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Due 5 months ago:
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Due 4 months ago:
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Due 3 months ago:
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Due in 23 days:
Top-dressing
Apply top - dressing of granular rose food in late winter / early spring each year.
Due in about 1 month:
Prune
Prune moderatley in early spring, cutting all the previous year's stems back about half way.
Due in 4 months:
Dead head
regularly remove dead flower heads ..... cut eh flower off just above a leaf with a downward sloping cut away from the leaf bud.
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
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About this plant
Genus: Rosa.
Species: Rosa hybrud tea 'Blessings'.
Planted 05.08 Shenstone Front West Border
Bought 04.08 Woolworths £1.99 reduced from £3.99
A profusion of large, fully double, flowers from July to September and glossy, dark-green leaves. This repeat-flowering, bush rose is perfect for a sunny rose border with fertile, moist, well-drained soil. Vigorous and robust, it stands up well to both disease and rain.
* Ease of maintenance: Easy
* Postition: South , West
* Soil Type: Light Sandy (dries out quickly) , Acid , Alkaline (Chalky) , Normal , Heavy Clay (remains damp)
* Soil PH: Neutral, Alkaline, Acid
* Flowers: June - Oct
* Colour: salmon pink
* Fragrant: Yes
*Height: 1m
*Spread: 60cm
* Poisonous: No
* Evergreen: No
Plant during a frost-free spell, incorporating well-rotted organic matter and a balanced fertiliser into the planting hole. Ensure that the 'bud union' (the bulge at the base of the shoots) is 2.5cm (1in) below the soil.
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