There's much more to rose planting than figuring out the depth of your hole and the frequency of the fertilization.
First off, you will need to decide where you want your rose bushes to grow.
After all, the location is very important, and there's a few things that you will need to think about when you finally make your decision.
Sunlight is a huge factor in your determination.
Ensure that there is plenty of sunlight, as your roses will need about six hours each day.
Every type of rose is going to need somewhere around that much, even if the rose is supposed to be shade tolerant.
It will still need a certain amount of light.
The quality of the soil is also very important.
The area that you plant your roses needs to have soil, and healthy soil at that.
Roses will not thrive in areas of excessive sand, or even clay.
If you want to find out the clay content, then you can take out a handful of it and squeeze it.
If the clump does not crumble and in fact stays together in your hand, then what you have is soil that is way too rich in clay.
To top off your testing, make sure that you test the pH levels in the soil.
You certainly do not want the soil to contain too much acid.
Finally we are going to talk about the location a bit.
Make sure that your rose bush is far away from other trees.
If there are other trees nearby, they can end up soaking the nutrition out of the ground, and therefore your rose bushes will never thrive.
While you're digging the new hole for your rosebush, there's a chance that you will run into an excessive amount of roots.
If you find this to be true, then there might just be too many other plants in the area, and they will take the nutrients out of the soil, rendering it impossible for your bush to grow adequately.
When you have indeed found an adequate location, you need to remember that you'll have to dig your hole to a certain depth.
Normally, it just needs to be slightly larger than the pot the rosebush was in, though it's up to you in the end.
Naturally the actual depth of the hole depends highly on the climate of the area.
If it is colder where you live, the hole will need to be deeper.
You can make it shallower in warmer climates, just make sure that you loosen the soil first so that the roots will be able to thrive.
If your goal is to boost the growth of your roses a little bit, you could try composting the hole that you place them in before you actually put the rose in.
if you want, you can try some bone meal too, which will give the rose bush some phosphorous.
When you are ready, fill the hole up and make sure that the soil is settled around the roots properly.
Before you completely fill the hole, try watering the roots just a little, and then firm the soil.
After that, water it again.
Now you're ready for the hard part.
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