The Rose Catalogue

Our Rose Year

During the winter we are busy planting and pruning. Before spring arrives we have finished all the pruning and have given the roses a winter fertilizer to invigorate them for the spring growth.

It is much easier to mulch the plants while they are just sticks, before the foliage emerges. We mulch with pea straw, and a chicken manure and hardwood mulch mix.

We fertilize again in spring and then for the next six months don't really come up for air. Picking, sorting, taking orders, deadheading, summer fertilizing, weeding, watering, and always ensuring the plants are well nourished.

In autumn we are still picking, but the plants are getting tired by then (so are  we). Another dose of fertilizer sets them up for winter. Luckily we work in a beautiful location with plants that still inspire us.
 

                                    Doesn't look like much yet!

                         The first planting at Soho Rose Farm

              The well developed rose beds at Downside Farm