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A Beginner's Guide to Growing Roses in a Cold Climate
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A Beginner's Guide to Growing Roses in a Cold Climate

Roses can not only grow but thrive in Colorado and similar climates
Created byGina Schley
Last updated 6/2021
English

What you'll learn

  • Things to consider when growing roses in Zone 5 or colder climate
  • What are the 5 types of roses
  • How to choose what kind of roses to grow based on size, color and fragrance
  • How to pick roses for your zone
  • How to buy your roses
  • When to plan the planting of your roses
  • The importance of "hardening off" your roses before planting
  • Where to plant your roses and how much spacing to use
  • What kind of amendments you will need to grow
  • The importance of soaking the roots of your rose bushes before planting and how long to soak them
  • Preparing the soil and digging the hole for your rose bush
  • How to prune a rose bush
  • The 3 "D's" of pruning
  • When to fertilize after pruning
  • What kind of mulch to use
  • How deep you should plant your rose bushes
  • When and how to winterize your roses
  • How often should you fertilize
  • What types of fertilizer should you use
  • When you should stop fertilizing
  • How often should you water your roses
  • What kind of watering systems works best
  • What to do if you have clay soil
  • What to do if you encounter pests and/or diseases

Course content

4 sections9 lectures1h 8m total length
  • Introduction1:36

    Get to know your instructor Becky Sikowski of Little Seed Flower Farm in Johnstown, CO. 

  • Module 1 - Rose Selection8:00

    In this module, Becky will walk you through different types of roses, how to pick what kind of rose to grow based on size, color and fragrance as well as selecting roses to match the climate of your Zone and how to buy.

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of gardening
  • Small piece of land to plant and grow a rose
  • Garden location that gets full sun

Description

Little Seed Flower Farm owner Becky Siskowski got her start growing roses in California. With the year round temperatures and fertile soil, as Becky put it, “you could just throw seeds on the ground and they would grow!” Eventually Becky and her husband would move to Colorado and buy some land in Johnstown with the goal of fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming a flower farmer. Becky soon discovered that growing her beloved roses in Colorado’s clay soil wouldn’t be quite as easy as just “throwing them on the ground”!


Those early days did not provide the results she was looking for but through much determination and effort, Becky slowly cracked the code to growing roses in Colorado’s climate and clay soil. She eventually found that it really wasn’t that difficult at all but just required a few basic steps to get up and going.


In “Growing Roses in a Cold Climate”, Becky will walk you through step by step what she has learned over the course of all her seasons growing in Colorado. Learn when is the best time to plant your roses and why “hardening” them off before putting them in the ground is so critical. You’ll see a demonstration of how to plant a bare root rose bush along with pruning and winterizing.


After taking this course, you’ll know everything you need to grow beautiful and fragrant roses in Zone 5 climates!


Who this course is for:

  • Beginning gardeners who appreciate the beauty and simplicity of growing roses