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Purple / Blue Rose Plant 'Big Purple' (3L Pot)

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Potted Rose Plant - Description

  • Potted Rose Plants
  • Rosa 'Big Purple'
  • Single Bloomer
  • Flowers From June to November
  • Beautiful Purple to Mauve Flowers
  • Pot Size: 3 Litres
  • Current Size: 15cm in Height
  • Well Branched Plants

Rosa 'Big Purple' - Characteristics

  • Flowers: Very fragrant, Single blooms
  • Flowering: Single blooming (Not repeat bloomer)
  • Colour: Dark crimson, fading to purple
  • Mature Height: 75cm
  • Habit: Open, spreading habit
  • Growth rate: Fast
  • Fragrance: Strong
  • Very hardy plant with average resistant to disease
  • Easy to grow

Rosa 'Big Purple' - Uses

  • Big Purple is one of the closest to blue roses available
  • Aunique rose in your garden
  • Can be grown against a sunny wall or fence
  • Plant with other roses for best effect
  • Purple blooms can be under planted with purple ground cover such as Ajuga, Lavender, Lamium or Perovskia
  • Ideal in rose beds, flowering borders
  • Suited to a sunny spot on most soil types

Rosa 'Big Purple' - Planting Instructions

Sowing Time

  • Potted rose plants can be planted any time of year
  • Do not plant in frosty conditions

Hole Preparation

  • Dig a big planting hole. 1½ x 1½ ft
  • Mix in well rotted manure
  • Also mix in a small handful of fertiliser

Handling the Plants

  • Take care not to damage plant's roots
  • Ideally, soak plant pots for 10 minutes before planting
  • Water again after planting
  • Feed plants over the Summer months
  • Use a fertiliser high in potassium
  • Apply rose clear to foliage to prevent mildew, rust & greenfly aphids

Pruning Roses

  • Rose plants need to be pruned back each year
  • They will grow fast & develop several flowering stems each year
  • Late Winter to early Spring, once worst frost has past, prune the roses
  • Cut out all dead, dying & diseased branches
  • Remove any crossing over or rubbing stems
  • Prune back remaining stems to approx. 30cm above ground level

Old Roses - Quick Facts

  • Old roses are divided into 2 types: Single & repeat Bloomers
  • Single bloomers are the original European rose
  • While repeat bloomers came from China
  • There are 5 types: Gallicas, Damasks, Albas, Centifolias & Mosses
  • Old roses are popular for their strong scent
  • And for their varied & unique character of blooms
  • It is from old roses that perpetual, floribunda & tea roses originate
  • Old roses are easy to grow & show good disease resistance
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