I’ve Just Received A Rose! What Do I Do?

Please unbox your rose on the day of delivery, and remove all packaging from the rose.

For more help on unboxing, please see our guide.

Place your rose outside in natural daylight. Do not keep your rose inside at any point of the year, even in the winter.

Your rose is likely to be thirsty after its journey, so please give it a little water.

Roses need regular watering to survive.

In the summer this can be up to twice a day, in the winter once a week is sufficient.

Please see our watering guide for more details.

So that your rose can access all the nutrients it needs to thrive, we recommend the use of rose feed throughout the year.

Rose feed is available in both granular and liquid forms, and can be added to the soil or sprayed directly on the leaves depending on the product.

We sell rose feed in our Protect & Grow range, in both granular and foliar spray forms. Please see product details for more information, and always follow the application and dosage instructions.

If your rose has arrived in a 5.5L container, we’d recommend planting or repotting before the end of the current season.

If your rose has arrived in a willow basket, it will be happy to stay in it for up to two years.

To plant or repot, use a good quality compost such as John Innes No.3 or a Rose, Tree & Shrub compost. For more information on planting and repotting please see our guide.

To encourage roses to flower more, you can deadhead blooms once they have gone past their best. This only needs to be done in the flowering season. For more information, please see our deadheading guide.

To keep roses in optimum health, they benefit from a prune once or twice a year. For more information, please see our pruning guide.

No, please do not keep your rose inside at any point of the year. Our roses are fully hardy and need to be outside all year round. Bringing them inside, or even sheltering them in a garden shed over the winter, will disrupt the growing cycle and affect the health of your rose.

Yes! Roses are fully hardy plants and need to be outside all year round. Bringing them inside, even into a garden shed/greenhouse for shelter, will disrupt their growing cycle and affect the health of your rose.