Roses are great for any occasion. Anyone who receives roses will love them, no matter if they are real or silk roses. Below are some common uses for roses:

Valentine’s Day. Since red roses symbolize love and passion, it’s no wonder why it is the most popular flowers given on this day. This is a day when florists are flooded with orders and deliveries for red roses.

Wedding bouquet. Speaking of love, there is no better day to celebrate it than on a wedding day. Rose bouquets for the brides are very popular because of the classic beauty and elegance.

Prom dates. Every high school student looks forward to their prom and, as such, they are responsible for selecting a flower for their date. The guys will choose a wrist or pinned corsage, which has a rose and ribbons that will match their date’s dress. A boutonniere will be chosen by the young ladies for their partners.

Mother’s Day. Women love roses, and this day is the perfect time to show your appreciation for her by giving her roses.

Anniversaries. Whether it’s your anniversary, your friends or family, roses are the perfect gift to celebrate this happy occasion.

Congratulatory messages for a new birth, graduation, new business or other milestone. Giving roses for congratulations is a good idea, as well.

Appreciation. If someone has been especially kind, helped you through a difficult situation or simply offered you encouragement when you needed it the most, roses are the perfect way to say ‘thank you’ and offer a thoughtful way of showing your appreciation.

You’ll find that roses come in so many colors. You can get roses in red, yellow, peach, pink, and white. Rose bouquets are usually made with baby’s breath, which is white and is a perfect contrast for a rose’s color. If you are looking for a classic way to show you care, roses are just the ticket.

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How To Grow Healthy Roses

It is not that simple to grow healthy roses. When compared to other plants, growing roses can be quite a challenge, particularly for a beginner. Here are some tips on growing roses.

1) Cut the stalk once you see tiny red bumps appear. Those bumps will definitely become new branches in the future.

2) Cut any kind of branch that seems to be dead and leave just the 4-5 of them that look healthy. These stems will be around the width of a typical pencil.

3) Cut tiny little incisions on the external side of the bulb. This means that the rose will have a good form.

4) Your flowers need to have nutrients so use fertilizers to give that to them. Roses need a great deal of nutrients to flourish well and thus can sometimes be quite a challenge to keep them healthy. Gradual release fertilizer supplies your roses the nutrients they need, when they need it. Having said that, you can also add liquid fertilizer every 3-4 weeks during the growing season. Water is quite critical to your roses so keep making sure that they have enough. A watering system can be set up if it isn’t going to rain often in your area.

5) If you’d like to make precise slices, use sharp scissors. If you want to cut branches that happen to be thicker than 1.5 centimeters, use the garden shears that have long handlers. Bear in mind, even if your rose is developing too much, always cut it with great care.

6) During summer, you should set a protective layer over the roses. When you cover your roses, the soil will maintain the moisture for longer and will allow the rose to thrive. Put a 5 centimeter layer of fertilizer for ideal results. If the temperatures are extremely low, protect the bottom of the stem with a few centimeters of soil and try to cover the whole plant with a protective foil to make sure it doesn’t die.

7) Cut off dead buds to provide room for new ones to sprout. The month of July is excellent for growing roses but bear in mind that you can still keep your precious roses alive during the other months of the year. One of your main concerns should be to keep harmful insects away from your roses. Try to remove the afflicted portion first and cleanse the plant carefully. Do not forget that it’s possible to consult your local store to find effective poisons to destroy insects that may be damaging your roses.
While they can be a bit more costly, try and get organic poison. Make time to review the steps for the effective application of the poison. Those types of solutions can be toxic if they are not used according to the instructions. As soon as Autumn commences, don’t give your roses anymore fertilizer. If you do, they will sprout too prematurely and will ultimately die-off in the colder months that follow.

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Trellises and Arbors

Ok, let’s begin with your structure. If you like you can drop by the nursery and pick up a three foot high wire trellis for very little money. On the other hand you can build (or have someone build) a 10 x 15 foot Pergola, with a lot more time and money involved. Then there’s everything in-between (and, of course, you have to be thinking about what you’re going to grow on these things. )

A trellis is simply a two dimensional frame that will need to be supported. The support can be either stakes, wall supports, or posts. An Arbor is an arch with enough room to walk under and it might be 2 to 3 feet deep. That pergola might be made with 6×8 posts, 2×10 joists, and be held together with heavy bolts. You can have your dinner party under one. Halfway between these two are deep arbors with seating. Imagine sitting beneath an arbor or pergola that’s completely covered with fragrant roses. .

Growing Stuff

Now you have to pick something to grow onto your structure,   whatever it is. Let’s start with the tiny trellis you grabbed from the store. You’re not going to grow a large climbing vine on that wire, it would eat it like a small snack. A good choice for that small trellis might be a rose like Life lines. (This is a beautiful miniature climber that might get to six feet.) Not exactly pergola material, but perfect for a small structure in a small place.

As for the pergola, take a look at the rose, May Queen. This climber can hit 30′ (or more) under the right conditions. Wind it around the posts and let it “climb” all over the top. In time you’ll have an astonishing,rose covered, fragrant pergola.

(By the way, all the roses mentioned here can be found listed at HelpMeFind.com.) Once you have some idea of what you want go and check out the local grower/nursery and/or the local rose society and   get their recommendations.

Also keep in mind how the plant actually climbs. So let’s look at roses, clematis’, and that wisteria. A clematis wraps tendrils around branches or wires. It can handle a plastic lattice, but it’ll have a tough time with a 6×8 post unless you cover that post with a mesh of some kind. A wisteria, which would be perfect for that pergola, twines around things on its way up to devour whatever it’s growing on. It’ll twine its way up those posts and drape itself all over that pergola. It may well do the same to any attached structure, such as your house. Don’t grow this plant on any structure that isn’t very solidly built.

A rose doesn’t twine and it doesn’t grab (well, maybe a bit with the thorns.) so it will need to be secured to whatever support you provide. Some climbing roses are small and some can match that wisteria. Rose canes vary greatly, too. Some have rather thick canes which don’t bend well, others can easily be wrapped around a pillar. Shoot for a rose that will grow to twice the height of your structure. By the way, rose growing is easy, so don’t be put off by negative comments or by what area you may live in. Remember, you can also get great advice from your local rose society or experts.

Training the Climbers

Why should your rose be twice the height of your trellis? A rose tends to bloom only at the ends of the canes, but if you train the cane to be more or less horizontal you will get blooms all along that cane.  So you’ll be winding and wrapping and crisscrossing those long canes back and forth along your structures. Obviously, if you do this with a 6′ rose on a 6′ trellis you’ll have some space left over. Even with the small climbers,   weave it through your smaller structures and it will reward you with an amazing number of blooms. If you have a rose with long, flexible canes try wrapping it around a pillar or post. Wrap your big climbers around the posts of that pergola and then allow them to grow across the top. You’ll have flower covered posts and a flower covered roof.  

Do you want a wall of flowers? Train your rose canes to crisscross along whatever lattice or trellis you have them growing on. They’ll bloom all along the main cane and be dazzling. Do the same with your arbors. Wind some canes around the posts and let the others reach over the tops. Do that with fragrant roses and you’ll have an awesome arbor. If the rose is too short then you won’t be able to properly train it that way.

Once you have your structures figured out , just talk to your local gardeners and they’ll help you find the plants that are perfect for those structures. Your local rose club or gardening grop will also be a big help  Good luck!