The Garden Community for Garden Lovers

Xela's Garden

Rose ... Hybrid Tea 'Blessings' [S]

Genus: Rosa.

Species: Rosa hybrud tea 'Blessings'.

Planted 05.08 Shenstone Front West Border

Bought 04.08 Woolworths £1.99 reduced from £3.99

A profusion of large, fully double, flowers from July to September and glossy, dark-green leaves. This repeat-flowering, bush rose is perfect for a sunny rose border with fertile, moist, well-drained soil. Vigorous and robust, it stands up well to both disease and rain.

* Ease of maintenance: Easy

* Postition: South , West

* Soil Type: Light Sandy (dries out quickly) , Acid , Alkaline (Chalky) , Normal , Heavy Clay (remains damp)
* Soil PH: Neutral, Alkaline, Acid

* Flowers: June - Oct
* Colour: salmon pink
* Fragrant: Yes

*Height: 1m
*Spread: 60cm

* Poisonous: No

* Evergreen: No

Plant during a frost-free spell, incorporating well-rotted organic matter and a balanced fertiliser into the planting hole. Ensure that the 'bud union' (the bulge at the base of the shoots) is 2.5cm (1in) below the soil.

Photos of this plant

Reminders for this plant

Due over 16 years ago:

Dead head

regularly remove dead flower heads ..... cut eh flower off just above a leaf with a downward sloping cut away from the leaf bud.

Spray

Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.

Spray

Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.

Spray

Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.

Spray

Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.

Spray

Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.

Due about 16 years ago:

Spray

Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.

Spray

Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.

Due almost 16 years ago:

Top-dressing

Apply top - dressing of granular rose food in late winter / early spring each year.

Due over 15 years ago:

Prune

Prune moderatley in early spring, cutting all the previous year's stems back about half way.

Dead head

regularly remove dead flower heads ..... cut eh flower off just above a leaf with a downward sloping cut away from the leaf bud.

Spray

Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.

Due about 15 years ago:

Prune

1.Rose root stem showing die back
Remove dead shoots and the tips of stems showing signs of die back.
2.Crossing rose branches
Look for crossing and badly placed branches and cut them out to form a good shape.
3.Cutting rose stems
Cut the stems of hybrid tea roses to half their length. Cut just above a bud pointing in the direction you want the new growth.

Due almost 15 years ago:

Top dress

Apply top - dressing of granular rose food in late winter / early spring each year.

Due over 14 years ago:

Prune

Prune moderatley in early spring, cutting all the previous year's stems back about half way.

Due about 14 years ago:

Prune

1.Rose root stem showing die back
Remove dead shoots and the tips of stems showing signs of die back.
2.Crossing rose branches
Look for crossing and badly placed branches and cut them out to form a good shape.
3.Cutting rose stems
Cut the stems of hybrid tea roses to half their length. Cut just above a bud pointing in the direction you want the new growth.

Prune

1.Rose root stem showing die back
Remove dead shoots and the tips of stems showing signs of die back.
2.Crossing rose branches
Look for crossing and badly placed branches and cut them out to form a good shape.
3.Cutting rose stems
Cut the stems of hybrid tea roses to half their length. Cut just above a bud pointing in the direction you want the new growth.

Due almost 14 years ago:

Top - dress

Apply top - dressing of granular rose food in late winter / early spring each year.

Due over 13 years ago:

Prune

Prune moderatley in early spring, cutting all the previous year's stems back about half way.

Spray

Spray roses against greenfly and blackspot. etc.

Due about 13 years ago:

Prune

Due almost 13 years ago:

Feed

Apply top - dressing of granular rose food in late winter / early spring each year.

Due over 12 years ago:

Prune

Prune moderatley in early spring, cutting all the previous year's stems back about half way.

Due almost 12 years ago:

Feed

Apply top - dressing of granular rose food in late winter / early spring each year.

Due over 11 years ago:

Prune

See previous notes