Purple Rose Seeds

✅ Product: Purple Rose Seeds

✅ Seed Quantity: 5 Seeds

✅ Life Cycle: Perennial

✅ Light Requirement: Full Sun

✅ Planting Season: Early spring or fall

✅ Plant Type: Shrub Rose

✅ Features: Fragrant flowers, bushy growth habit

✅ Flower Size: Medium

✅ Days to Maturity: Germination in 14-21 days; blooms in second year

✅ Plant Spacing: 12-18 inches apart

✅ Planting Depth: Surface sow; press seeds lightly into soil

✅ Sowing Method: Direct sow or start indoors

✅ Cold Stratification: Not usually required

✅ USDA Zones: Zones 5-9

✅ Before Planting: Rose seeds necessitate a stratification period, involving cold and moist storage, for successful germination. Plant the seeds at a depth of 1/4 inch in a seed-planting mix within planting trays. Ensure the mix is adequately moist, seal it in a plastic bag, and refrigerate for up to 10 weeks. After the stratification period, transfer the trays to a warm environment. Once the seedlings emerge, transplant them into individual pots.

✅ Watering: Provide weekly watering near the soil, avoiding overhead watering to prevent fungal diseases.

✅ Fertilizer: Once established, fertilize the roses each spring, or opt for well-rotted manure for a comparable effect.

✅ Harvesting: When cutting roses, do so when the blooms are formed but not fully open. Exercise caution around thorns.

✅ Tips: Pruning is crucial for optimal rose bush development. Conduct pruning in the spring when leaf buds start appearing. Make cuts 1/4 inch above the leaf buds and remove twig-like branches.

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