Caring for your Roses
From Peter Beales Knowledgebase
Selecting your Rose
Choosing the right rose can be an onerous task for frankly there are just so many thousands to choose from. Often it is possible once the decision is made as to the colour and ultimate size required, to simply pick up the telephone and take the advice of a specialist grower, this is probably the best way for he or she will immediately know what would be a good choice bearing in mind the soil type and the location in which the rose is to be planted. If you can not get hold of a specialist, web sites and catalogues are excellent places to start and will fill you in on nearly all you need to know but they are not a patch on seeing the real thing first hand. Therefore, if you can, go to a specialist rose centre or, alternatively, visit one of the famous rose gardens that are dotted around the country; you might also attend one of the bigger flower shows and let them inspire you for real.
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