Types of Roses
Roses
Roses Roses really need no introduction. Prized the world over for the beauty of their flowers, which are often richly fragrant, these woody perennials are beloved by gardeners, romantics, poets and perfumiers alike. There are more than 300 rose species and thousands of cultivar varieties, with growing habits ranging from upright to climbing and trailing.
Popular types of roses
With access to many different types of roses, Australia is a fine place to be a rose gardener – just choose a variety that works with your garden and climatic zone. Below are some popular categories, within which you’ll find a wide range of bloom colours.
Standard roses
Also known as ‘rose trees’, these are rose bushes grafted onto an upright, central stem to create a tree-like form. They’re great planted in formal rows to create a hedge effect, and individually in pots to add interest on balconies and patios. They often require a stake for support.
Climbing roses
These bushy rose plants grow vigorously, with trailing stems that can be trained to climb garden structures such as fences, trellises, arches and obelisks. They require minimal pruning compared to other types of roses. They can be trained as espaliers for maximum blooming.
David Austin® roses
These English cultivars are bred for the frothy blooms and rich fragrance of Old Roses, along with the repeat flowering and wider colour range of modern roses. They’re disease resistant, and work equally well planted en masse in garden beds or as singles in beds, pots and containers.
Smooth Touch® thornless roses
Bred to have almost no thorns, these cultivars are suited to gardens where roses may otherwise pose a danger. They’re hardy, vigorous, long flowering and have good disease resistance, making them suitable for use in hedge plantings. They also do well in pots.
Hybrid Tea roses
Among the most popular types of roses, hybrid tea varieties are upright bushes with classically shaped blooms on long stems – perfect for use as cut flowers. Their hardy, strong-growing nature makes them well-suited to hedging, borders and container planting.
Miniature roses
With blooms no bigger than 5cm in diameter, these are the smallest of the roses, growing to a maximum height of 50cm. Aside from size, they have all the attributes of full size roses – once established, they’re just as tough, being particularly partial to a heavy winter pruning.
Brindabella roses
Bred in Queensland, these are among the best types of roses for Australian conditions. They’re suited to cooler conditions as well as heat and humidity. They have above-average resistance to black spot, and come in a wide range of striking colour combinations.
Growing roses at home
As you can see, roses are a diverse group of plants, united by their signature beautiful flowers. With a wide range of growing habits, shapes and sizes (not to mention colours!) to choose from, there’s a rose for virtually every garden.
In Australia, the best time for planting bare root roses is June to July. Garden Express will be dispatching rose orders from mid-June, so choose your favourites now. You’ll soon discover the delights of growing roses at home!
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I have ordered bare rooted roses and was wondering what you reccommend to put in with them when planting fertilizer wise? Cassie
Use of fertilisers, even organic rose fertilisers, is not recommended when planting due to the potential for root burn. Simply dig through compost and well rotted cow manure a week or two before planting if you can, or at planting time if you haven’t done in advance. Plant your rose, mulch with compost and/or cow manure, then water in with Seasol or another seaweed tonic (not fish emulsion or Powerfeed at this stage). Use a specific rose fertiliser only after the rose shows it has settled in by getting its first new leaves – usually early Spring (e.g. late August-September if you planted in June-July).
Enjoy your roses.
I am having trouble with Aphids on new shoots and buds . I have tried“ Rose Spray “, white oil “ and
“Rose Shield “ . All are said to do the job but still persist. Patricia
Aphids are a pest that loves to suck the sap on fresh new growth. They have an incubation time of 7-8 days and they will naturally live for about 20 days. Babies are usually born live and ready to start eating so they are a very persistent type of a pest. They also have a fair immunity to many of the common pesticides so the products being used may or may not be actually working.
Yates produce a number of products for the home gardener; Yates Baythroid Advanced Insect Killer for Gardens, Yates Nature’s Way Citrus & Ornamental Spray, Yates Mavrik Chewing and Sucking Insect Killer and Yates Pyrethrum Pest Gun so these can be used on a rotating basis.
Predatory bugs like Ladybirds and parasitic wasps will also do the job naturally but spraying with all of these products except for the Mavrik will harm these good bugs as well so my suggestion would be to use the Mavrik on a regular basis (according to the label specifications), and try hand removing any new infestations between applications of chemicals as this will encourage predatory critters to the garden to deal with them. Once you have a good population of the beneficial insects you will probably not notice too many aphids any more as they will keep them under control.