How to plant a rose

Written By Zebulon Waterhouse

Choosing your spot

You can solve a lot of problems for your rose before it’s even planted.

  • Sun. Six hours or more of direct sunlight is where a rose does best. It can do with 4 hours, and you’ll still get plenty of blooms, but if you really want a show, 6 hours+ is best. We call this Full-Sun.

  • Room. Most roses want all the attention (main character energy amiright?). So make sure it’s not too crowded. Give it just enough space from other plants so their leaves aren’t touching, that way you’re minimizing  dampness where it can get a little sick.

Pro tip:
A rose bred to resist disease saves you more work than anything you’ll do later. Good thing you picked a rose from Weeks! We breed every rose to resist common diseases.

Planting in the ground

01.

Dig a hole bigger than the pot.

02.

Move the rose from the pot to the hole, and fill the extra space with soil.

03.

Give those roots a good soak

Pro tip:
In cold-winter areas where winters regularly hit 0 degrees F or below (zone 6 and colder,) plant an inch or two deeper, so the knuckle at the base (the bud union) sits below the soil and stays protected through a freeze when winter comes.

Planting in a pot

  1. Pick a pot that’s 17”-20” wide or 10 to 15 gallons for most full-size roses, with drainage in the bottom.

  2. Fill around it with potting mix, at the same depth it was already growing.

  3. Water until it runs out the bottom of the pot.

Pro tip:
A pot dries out faster than open ground, so check it more often, when the temperature reaches 90°F.

Zebulon Waterhouse