Rose of the Year 2021, ' Belle de jour', or beautiful day, is a beauty indeed! Delighting with its fabulously warm, rich, double golden yellow flowers for month after month from June, it’s an absolute joy. Growing up to 7cm across, the blooms are packed full of petals & carry a heady sweet vanilla perfume that fills the air around them.A gorgeous addition to your garden, this award winning rose will be happy in sunny or lightly shaded borders or large patio containers where it'll create a beautiful focal point. The clusters of delightful flowers also last incredibly well when cut for the vase. Being a floribunda, it's repeat flowering over a long season & has excellent disease resistance, is hardy & easy to grow & the perfect size for smaller gardens, containers or even as a hedge. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, ready to plant out, reaching a height & spread of 1 m (3 ft). Care To prune, just remove any dead, dying, damaged & diseased stems & also deadhead regularly. Traditionally, you would cut just above a leaf joint with a sloping cut away from the bud, however, this isn't necessary, & don’t worry about pruning too much
- roses are very resilient & will grow back. When pruning, make sure that your secateurs are clean & sharp to prevent squashing stems & introducing disease. Add mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help the plant establish quicker. Roses can be planted at any time of the year, as long as the soil is not frozen, waterlogged or drought dry. Plant your rose where it can get plenty of sun for at least half of the day, & where it will be sheltered from the wind. Roses tolerate wide range of soils but thrive in deep, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, so add plenty of well-rotted manure into the hole if necessary & plant so that the graft union (the swollen area when the stems meet the roots) is around 3cm below soil level. Water well every other day
- daily if the weather is hot & dry. Established roses can be watered around once a week through spring & summer
- more if the weather is hot. For best results, feed roses in late-March/ April & again in late July Content: Rose of the Year 2021 Rose Belle de Jour 3L Potted 1 x Plant