Although there is a lot of bad publicity about clay soil, it is by far the best for growing roses in. The main problem is that water is hard to get into it and even harder to get out of it. Roses will die if their roots are sitting in water for a few days long.
Although there is a lot of bad publicity about clay soil, it is by far the best for growing roses in. The main problem is that water is hard to get into it and even harder to get out of it. Roses will die if their roots are sitting in water for a few days long. When you dig a hole make sure it is about 2 feet square and before putting back your clay soil, replace a third with sand. Sprinkle a cup of bone meal in with the soil for the roots to feed on and plant your roses. Fall is the best time to plant roses as roots will grow even when it is just above freezing. Then the plant is well established when the vigorous new growth starts in the spring. Because clay warms up and gets hotter than other soils and because roses love cool roots, just make sure you use a 4 to 5 inch mulch all around the base of the rose bush. This gives the rose the cool roots even when the sun shines on them. It isn’t the soil that dictates what type of rose you can grow but the weather. If your climate was one
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