SPACING

Articles In This Section:

· TIME TO PLANT

· ORDERING

· UNPACKING ROSE PLANTS

· SPACING

· HIGH OR LOW PLANTING - Part 1

· HIGH OR LOW PLANTING - Part 2

· HIGH OR LOW PLANTING - Part 3

· HIGH OR LOW PLANTING - Part 4

· SOIL REPLACEMENT

· POSITION

Planting should not be commenced until the scheme is carefully worked out. The position for each rose should be marked. Vigorous-growing varieties should be allowed four or even six feet of space, and be placed in back rows or in the centre of a bed that is to be seen from all sides. Standards can be allotted similar positions or, in a mixed garden, can be grown near the edges of beds with small annuals round them. Their spacing will depend on the vigour of the variety. Roses of average growth should be planted about three feet apart. Less vigorous sorts and some of the Floribundas, used for mass effects, can go two and a half feet apart.

Climbers or pillar roses should be placed six to eight inches out from the supports on which they are to grow, which will allow cultivation between the plant and the support, including the removal of weeds.