![]() ![]() If your rose is in a pot make sure it is regularly fertilised using a controlled release fertiliser such as Tui Enrich Rose, Camellia, Azalea, Gardenia fertiliser, keep well watered (could be daily in the growing season), apply mulch around the base of the rose and make sure it is in a sunny position. Make sure your rose is planted in the sunniest position possible, they need at least 6 hours of sunshine to flower prolifically. Feed with a specially blended rose food in spring when buds burst, and again in late summer, early autumn, this will help promote flowering. Regular applications of Tui Seaweed Plant Tonic or Tui Seaweed & Fish throughout the growing season will help boost your rose and improve overall plant health. Iceberg has deservedly been considered to. Make sure your rose gets 2-3 deep waterings a week in the growing season, adjust depending upon your weather. Standard Rose Iceberg is by far the most popular rose used on a standard with masses of classic white blooms. ![]() If your soil is heavy and poorly drained you may want to consider planting it into a raised bed, or if the soil is stony and gravelly, add generous amounts of organic matter to the soil, organic matter needs to be replenished each year by lightly forking in compost or mulching with organic matter such as Tui Mulch & Feed or Tui Rose & Shrub mix, add Tui sheep pellets or Tui Super Sheep pellets which are perfect for roses as they contain Nitrophoska. Roses need a free draining soil that is rich in organic matter. ![]() Otherwise prune the rose back to about 3-5 nodes from the base, prune to an outside bud, leaving 5-6 branches, remove weak, spindly growth and any dead diseased wood. Depending on your climate, it may be too late to do this as roses will start budding very soon, you would need to do it in June or July. We grow 85% of what we sell which enables us to offer the best quality plants for sale at the very best prices all inclusive of GST.Hi Beryl, if your rose is an old established rose, prune it right back, removing weak and dead wood, at the area of the graft union get a wire brush and give it a good going over to stimulate new growth. Of great value to any border for producing great quantities of bloom. We grow 85% of what we sell which enables us to offer the best quality plants for sale at the very best prices all inclusive of GST.Awa Nursery is a working nursery open to the public, including landscapers and developers 7 days a week from 9am to 5pm. (Floribunda) An outstanding, free flowering white floribunda with lovely foliage. Awa Nursery is a working nursery open to the public, including landscapers and developers 7 days a week from 9am to 5pm. We would often be informed that these such plants were only used for demonstration purposes. Also the desire to buy every plant that was presented for display without having a ‘Not For Sale’ sign on the very plant that we may have wanted to buy. The Nursery evolved initially from a personal need to be able to purchase a selection of good quality specimen trees from one location. We employ a very enthusiastic and knowledgeable team who are always available to assist with any enquiries. About Us Awa Nursery is a family owned and operated business in Waimauku, North West of Auckland.
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