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• Borderline Posts: 4,700

  June 2018 edited June 2018

  You can plant them in now, but you will need to keep an eye on the watering and cut the top growth off to allow them time to settle in and concentrate on root development. Multi purpose compost is fine too, but if you have very free draining soil, you will need to mix in a lot of it into the surrounding soil.

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• jacqueline-22 Posts: 47

  June 2018 edited June 2018

  sorry, yes both In pots I bought the red one about 6 weeks ago it has grown a bit since this pic, it says plant in autumn, I bought the white one this week it doesn't say anything when to plant so I assume I can plant now (the white one is  a different type of rose to the red) anyway I am new to roses and I would like to plant both now next to each other but because it said autumn I was hesitant, and I thought roses need a certain type of soil, hope I have explained this better

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• Borderline Posts: 4,700

  June 2018

  Roses generally do well in more heavier and rich soil, so if you have soil that is very free draining, you will need to put a lot of compost into the soil to bulk it up. You can plant them in now, but you will need to water them very well in the summer months to help them settle in. I also suggest you cut down some of the top growth to minimise stress to the plants. 

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• jacqueline-22 Posts: 47

  June 2018

  also where I plan to plant is going to be slightly raised so I need to build the soil up with compost

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• jacqueline-22 Posts: 47

  June 2018

  thanks both of you, I will wait a bit then and just prepare the ground ready for them.

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• jacqueline-22 Posts: 47

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• jacqueline-22 Posts: 47

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• jacqueline-22 Posts: 47

  June 2018

  I will be planting them here hopefully when ground is prepared.

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• jacqueline-22 Posts: 47

  June 2018

  excellent, many thanks, hope they bloom well for me.

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