ROSES continued from page 15 

 we could keep one to two feet ot 

 snow over the rose bushes from 

 early November until early 

 April, we wouldn't even need to 

 cover them, but Mother Nature 

 is not that reliable and it is in 

 late fall or early spring that we 

 get the cold snap that does the 

 most damage. To cover your 

 plants, the first thing to do is 

 push mounds of soil over the 

 knots of the rose bush so that 

 the soil in the rose bed is at one 

 level. With the soil bowls now 

 gone there is no place for the 

 leaves to collect. This simplifies 

 the cleaning ot the rose garden 

 before the final hilling of the 

 rose bushes. 



In Southern Vermont, New 

 Hampshire, and Maine you can 

 just pile the soil about 10 to 12 

 inches high for the winter or you 

 may wrap the plants m carpet 

 padding and put string around 

 them and get good winter pro- 

 tection. In the northern areas, 1 

 would recommend tipping most 

 hybrid teas and tree roses. This is 

 done by digging a trench parallel 

 to the rose plant, then running a 

 spade right down next to the 

 plant, cutting half the root ball, 

 then tipping the plant into the 

 trench and covering the plant 

 with dirt. In the spring uncover 

 the rose bush and tip back up 

 and then tamp the plant down. 

 After you uncover your rose 

 bushes in the spring, you want to 

 prune off any dead canes and 

 prune under any dead tips on the 

 rose plants. It your plant went 

 into winter in good shape and 

 stored its carbohydrates, then it 

 should push out strongly with 

 new growth. 



Today, with some ot the 

 species roses and shrub roses that 

 are very hardy, covering for 

 winter is unnecessary. These 

 varieties will follow the same 

 procedures but you won't need 

 to cover for winter. In the spring 

 just prune away the dead canes 

 and weak wood and the new 

 growth will start. 



Happy growing. Roses can do 

 just fine in New Enghmd. **■ 



George Marciel. a California native, 

 was the area Sales Representative for 

 Youngs' American Rose Nursery (you 

 rruiy remember him from last year's 

 summer meeting) . Now hack in his 

 home state, working as Youngs' sales 

 rep for Northern California, he took 



time to write this article on growing 

 roses for us back here in New 

 Engknid. For further information, 

 George can be reached at 242 

 Corralitus Road, Watsonville, CA 

 95076; phone: (408) 728-2269. 



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