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