Bare Root Roses: A very quick guide

What is a Bare Root rose?

A 'bare root' is exactly how it sounds. It's a plant is supplied without soil around the roots. It will have no foliage or flowers on it, and it won't be in a pot.

When you do plant bare root roses?

What is the difference between planting now or waiting until the autumn? Here are the answers!

Traditionally, the busiest season for rose growers was in the Autumn. This is when the bare root season begins, and is well known as the best time for planting.

As the years have gone by, gardeners have got more used to buying potted roses. This means that you buy the rose plant in a pot during the growing season and plant it straight into your garden

Why is the autumn better for planting roses?

When we lift the roses they are dormant (asleep for winter), so their roots are not being broken or disturbed.

They go straight from our field to your garden without noticing that they’ve moved. This is better for the plant, as it comes up in spring it sends out its roots in its new home and can get a head start with growing.

They also require less care, when planting in the summer months you have to be very careful with watering and feeding, which isn’t necessary while the rose is dormant.

Why buy bare root roses?

As well as the benefits of making the move from field to garden more comfortable for your rose, it is also a great time to shop roses!

During bare root season we have much more choice, as we move through the summer season we start to sell out of some of our varieties. In the autumn you can choose from over 250 different varieties, and reserve them to make sure you don’t miss out!

So now you know! You can put your early bare root orders in online or over the phone!