Roses
By now many rose bushes in gardens are looking tired and scrappy.
You can rejuvenate them now by giving them a light pruning all over followed by fertilizing.
Prune off about 30cm of growth (i.e. about 1 foot) all over, removing dead flowers etc. Next give your roses about a half normal dose of rose food or Dynamic Lifter and then water them thoroughly.
In about 6 weeks you should get a spectacular autumn flush of flowers and new growth. This should be quite magnificent.
You will still need to give your roses their annual pruning in winter but don’t fertilise them in winter – wait til September or October.
Roses love being pruned and fertilized – it seems to make them young again.
I wish it worked for gardeners too!
Hooroo!