YouGarden Old English Shrub Rose Collection x 5 Bare Root Bushes

These wonderful new roses have been expertly bred using the latest techniques to give you summerlong displays, superb fragrance – and simply brilliant garden performance. Each lovely new variety will give you waves of breathtaking fully double blooms for up to six months each year, each fully loaded with delicate petals and exquisite fragrance too.

The roses are very similar to Chelsea Flower Show winning varieties that are so expensive in garden centres and some specialist mail-order suppliers will charge over £15 per bush – yet they're available here at a phenomenal price.

Give them pride of place in your borders where you can enjoy the lovely blooms and perhaps cut a few for a vase. These roses are also suitable for container growing so you can enjoy them on the patio too. Height 1m (3ft)

Specifications

• Supplied as 5 bare root plants ready for immediate planting
• Availability: November to April
• Planting time: November to April
• Flowering time: June to October

Top Tips

To prune, just remove any dead, dying, damaged and diseased stems and 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, and don’t worry about pruning too much - roses are very resilient and will grow back.

When pruning, make sure that your secateurs are clean and sharp to prevent squashing stems and introducing disease.

Add mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help the plant establish quicker.

Care Information

• 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, and where it will be sheltered from the wind.
• Roses tolerate a 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.
• Water well every other day - daily if the weather is hot and dry.
• Established roses can be watered around once a week through spring and summer - more if the weather is hot.
• For best results, feed roses in late March/April and again in late July.