How to Keep Your Roses Beautiful All Winter Long

Follow these simple steps to prepare your rose bushes to face a long, cold winter. Winterizing your house in preparation for the colder months is important, but too many people neglect their gardens. Why would you let a little bit of cold weather shrivel up your gorgeous plants when protecting them is such a simple task? We decided to take charge of our blooming plant life this year by properly protecting them from Jack Frost's fierce cold. Work fast; winter is on its way!

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What You Need:

Fresh topsoil or compost

Pruners

Shredded leaves or bark

1. In early fall, stop cutting roses and let plants form hips (seedpods) as they prepare naturally for winter.

2. After the first frost in fall, protect plants from the potential damage caused by freezing and thawing cycles by piling soil over the base of the plant; cover the bud union and up to about 2 feet. Use fresh topsoil or compost, not soil scraped from around the plant. Prune overly long canes on bush-type roses to prevent wind damage. Expect a certain amount of winter kill (when canes die as far back as the bud union). Plan to prune off dead canes in early spring.

3. After the first hard freeze, add mulch: Pile dry, shredded leaves or bark chips on the mounded soil. In spring, remove the leaves or bark and the pile of soil; spread the leaves and bark around the garden.

What You Need:

Plastic cylinder or styrene cone

Shredded leaves, bark, or soil

To make a rose cone, purchase a reinforced plastic cylinder or a styrene cone for each plant. Place the cylinder or cone over the plant and fill it with dry leaves, soil, or bark chips. Remove the protection in early spring.

What You Need:

Straw

Soil

Wooden stakes

Burlap

Twine or wire

1. In mild-winter areas, pile straw around the base of a tree rose. In cold-winter areas, use soil instead of straw—soil will provide more insulation.

2. Place a framework of wooden stakes around the tree.

3. Wrap a generous length of burlap around the stakes to enclose the tree. Secure the fabric using twine or wire.

4. Fill the enclosure with dry leaves or straw. In extremely cold areas, treat tree roses as you would other roses, by burying them in trenches.

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