JHB West - Oct 2020

Coming
up roses
Fresh ideas for garden roses
Mix roses with grasses for a natural look, one that
brings movement and texture. Bushy, free-flowering
groundcover Sunsation roses, Deloitte and Touche,
My Granny and Butterfly Kisses go well with compact
ornamental grasses like Carex China Blue, Carex
Amazon Mist, Carex Oshimensis, and Juncus Blue.
Feed body and soul ... grow roses and veggies together.
Plant leafy veggies as a border for roses and under
standard roses or use tall roses as a backdrop for herb and
veggie beds. They all like the same treatment - full sun,
fertile soil, and regular watering.
Text: ALICE SPENSER-HIGGS
Turn your palisade fence into a feature by espaliering
roses against it. Tie the stems of a climbing rose in a fan
shape onto the palisade. The trick of tying the stems that
way forces the rose to flower all along each stem. The
result, a wall of roses.
What’s new in roses
Eco-chic: no need to spray for fungus disease. That is
the priority for modern roses that are bred with diseaseresistance
in their genes. Look out for the ‘ladybird’ logo
that indicates the Eco-chic disease-resistant roses.
Drought-tolerant: roses that can withstand irregular or
limited watering are those with spreading bushy growth
that shades their powerful, extensive roots. They still
produce beautiful pickable blooms on shorter stems. The
new group name for them is Stamina roses.
Easier, quicker rose care with controlled release fertilisers
and long-lasting pesticides. Controlled-release Vigolonger
fertiliser provides a continual, steady release of nutrition
throughout summer. Dig it in at root level after pruning.
Koinor is a drench that keeps roses free of sucking insects,
especially thrips and aphids for up to six months.
26 Get It Magazine October 2020