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Potted Rose Plant - Description
- Potted Rose Plant
- Rosa 'Meilove'
- Floribunda Rose
- Pot Size: 3 Litres
- Size: 30cm in Height
- Colour: Pink Flowering
- Well Branched Plants
Potted Rosa 'Meilove' - Characteristics
- Flowers: Flushes of blooms throughout the Summer
- Pink blooms with 17 - 25 petals
- Flowering: July to November - Repeat bloomer
- Colour: Light pink / Salmon pink
- Mature Height: 80 - 90cm
- Habit: Low, bushy rose
- Growth Rate: Fast
- Fragrance: Strong
- Very hardy plant & resistant to disease
- Easy to grow
Potted Rosa 'Meilove' - Uses
- Excellent pink rose
- Suited to cottage gardens, traditional planting schemes & as specimen plants
- Add colour throughout the Summer months
- Under plant with Lavender, Box, Santolina or Sage
- Can be grown to form an informal flowering hedge
- Suited to cut flowers
- Suited to a sunny spot on most soil types
Rosa 'Meilove' - 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
Floribunda Roses - Quick Facts
- Floribunda are a modern group of roses
- Created by crossing hybrid teas & polyantha roses
- They are repeat bloomers with clusters of flowers on each stem
- Floribundas are a shrub forming rose, staying compact & upright
- They are a very popular rose hybrid
