Xela's Garden
Rose ... Hybrid Tea 'Blessings' [S]
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.
Photos of this plant
Reminders for this plant
Due almost 16 years 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.
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Due over 15 years ago:
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Due about 15 years ago:
Top-dressing
Apply top - dressing of granular rose food in late winter / early spring each year.
Prune
Prune moderatley in early spring, cutting all the previous year's stems back about half way.
Due almost 15 years 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.
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Due over 14 years ago:
Prune
1.Rose root stem showing die back
Remove dead shoots and the tips of stems showing signs of die back.
2.Crossing rose branches
Look for crossing and badly placed branches and cut them out to form a good shape.
3.Cutting rose stems
Cut the stems of hybrid tea roses to half their length. Cut just above a bud pointing in the direction you want the new growth.
Due about 14 years ago:
Top dress
Apply top - dressing of granular rose food in late winter / early spring each year.
Prune
Prune moderatley in early spring, cutting all the previous year's stems back about half way.
Due over 13 years ago:
Prune
1.Rose root stem showing die back
Remove dead shoots and the tips of stems showing signs of die back.
2.Crossing rose branches
Look for crossing and badly placed branches and cut them out to form a good shape.
3.Cutting rose stems
Cut the stems of hybrid tea roses to half their length. Cut just above a bud pointing in the direction you want the new growth.
Prune
1.Rose root stem showing die back
Remove dead shoots and the tips of stems showing signs of die back.
2.Crossing rose branches
Look for crossing and badly placed branches and cut them out to form a good shape.
3.Cutting rose stems
Cut the stems of hybrid tea roses to half their length. Cut just above a bud pointing in the direction you want the new growth.
Due about 13 years ago:
Top - dress
Apply top - dressing of granular rose food in late winter / early spring each year.
Prune
Prune moderatley in early spring, cutting all the previous year's stems back about half way.
Due almost 13 years ago:
Spray
Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.
Due over 12 years ago:
Prune
Due about 12 years ago:
Feed
Apply top - dressing of granular rose food in late winter / early spring each year.
Prune
Prune moderatley in early spring, cutting all the previous year's stems back about half way.
Due about 11 years ago:
Feed
Apply top - dressing of granular rose food in late winter / early spring each year.
Prune
See previous notes
