How Do You Plant And Care For Lenten Roses?
If you have been scurrying around searching for winter-blooming perennial plants, why don’t you buy yourself some Lenten Rose plants. Smack dab in the middle of winter, these great flowers will begin to open and the cool weather can help keep these blooms around for a couple of months. Here’s what to look for in a winter-blooming perennial Lenten Rose plant. My first suggestion is for you to buy an already-established plant because these plants seem to take forever to get started, and there’s just no need to put yourself through that frustration if you don’t have to. Even if you do buy a large Lenten Rose plant, you will still have to give it a couple of years before it begins to flower. Patience, grasshopper. Lenten Rose plants are great under trees like the Japanese Maple, which has low-spreading branches offering great shade for the roses. Make sure, however, that you plant them on the east side of your home (when possible) because the morning sun and the afternoon shade are the per
