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A ROSE

Discover why we all need roses in our
gardens and how to ensure you get
your best-ever blooms this summer,
with Adam Frost’s tricks of the trade

Training roses along rope PHOTO: JASON INGRAM
swags is a simple but
effective way to show June 2022
them off at their best

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roses

It’s not just the
flowers I love. It’s how

roses mix with other
plants, their wonderful
scent, vibrant hips and

varying styles

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Roses are some of the 1
most versatile plants going.
It’s not just the flowers I Five ways to grow roses
love. It’s how roses mix with
other plants, their ᕡ OVER AN ARCH OR SWAG
wonderful scent, vibrant
hips and varying styles. 2 Get creative with climbers – you only
And is there a better cut
flower? I couldn’t be have to visit a few of our great
without roses in my garden gardens to see gardeners creating
and over the years have near-sculptural features, spending
experimented with them a lot of time tying in climbers to
in so many ways. With such create wonderful curving shapes
a huge variety to choose that also encourage better flowering.
from, you can find a rose I have enjoyed playing with rope
for almost any garden. swags in my garden – so effective,
yet not difficult to look after.
I love how one rose can
drive the atmosphere of ᕢ IN A MIXED BORDER
a border. When I was
growing up, for my nan it My first understanding of using roses
was all about hybrid teas. in a different way to traditional rose
In my first garden, I got into beds was when I was working with
shrub roses, and now I love Geoff Hamilton. All his roses were
playing with species roses. interplanted with herbaceous planting
If you haven’t tried roses and, wow, it brought them alive. He
before, give them a go – it’s used geraniums, iris and alchemilla
so easy to brighten up your to create cottage-style borders. It’s
patio with a potted rose or worth experimenting to see what
bring a swathe of colour to you like. I grow Rosa ‘Munstead
a bare wall with a climber. Wood’ in my borders – the flowers
start in June and just keep going.
Where to grow
your roses ᕣ THROUGH A TREE

You can find a rose to suit almost every I have planted a few ramblers in
planting site, but most roses need a sunny some of the trees in my garden.
position. There are a few sites where roses will ‘Adélaïde d’Orléans’ is one of the
struggle: in windy positions, dry soil and shade, best ramblers; an elegant variety
although you can find roses that are happy that could be grown up a small tree.
on a north-facing wall. I choose a site that is The flowers start as small pink buds,
sheltered as strong winds can loosen the soil which once open turn a creamy
around the roots, which results in the rose white. It’s not over vigorous, which
rocking and, at times, dying. Although roses makes it easy to train, and will grow
look great interplanted with other plants, to about 6m.
try to avoid too much competition as roses
are hungry plants. For me, an ideal soil for June 2022
roses is rich and on the heavy side; moist,
but not prone to waterlogging. I add
mycorrhizal fungi at the time of planting
if I’m planting in a new garden.

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3 The right
roses for you
Ramblers are vigorous and suit an informal
setting as they have a wild-looking style There really is a rose for everyone: from
wild roses that will scramble through
4 hedges, and shrub roses you can mix into
borders, to compact roses for pots, and
5 ramblers that will hide unsightly sheds. PHOTOS: SARAH CUTTLE; GETTY/JACKY PARKER PHOTOGRAPHY, OK PHOTOGRAPHY

ᕤ IN A POT SPECIES ROSES
Species roses are the wild roses and their
There’s a huge variety of patio roses hybrids. They can grow on poorer soils and
that will provide colour in a pot don’t need a lot of work apart from a little
throughout the summer. These pruning. They look great in soft-looking mixed
compact roses only grow to 60cm borders. Most carry single flowers that are
tall and will flower all summer – a loved by pollinators and lots also have great
brilliant way of bringing colour to hips over the winter months. I’ve really got
a small space with minimum effort. into them in recent years and use them in
Look for a scented variety for an meadow areas and hedges.
added bonus. Alternatively, use a
compact rose and move it into the SHRUB ROSES
garden once it’s outgrown the pot. This group includes old shrub roses and
modern roses, including English roses that
ᕥ AGAINST A WALL have been bred for good growth and repeat
flowers. This group shouts romance; a healthy
Large shrub roses or climbing roses diverse range of plants that carry wonderful
are perfect for covering a boundary perfume and blooms. They are easy to grow
with flowers throughout the and will put up with a wide variety of conditions
summer. ‘Nevada’ is a shrub rose and soil types. Some taller shrub roses can
that makes a great climber – it’s easily be trained as climbers or grown
covered in creamy-white flowers over interesting frameworks.
from late May/early June that stop
you in your tracks. I love its arching CLIMBERS
shape and the stems are a deep You will be able to find a climber for any
brown with reddish-brown hips. aspect. This group has a more relaxed growth
It’ll grow to over 2m. than a lot of the shrub roses so will need
support, but they don’t tend to be as vigorous
June 2022 as ramblers. Many will repeat flower and have
a super scent, providing flowers all through
summer. Some of the shorter climbers can be
grown in pots if you keep on top of the
watering and feed them regularly.

RAMBLERS
These vigorous plants will grow happily up
into a mature tree or trained over a shed
if you need one covered. These can be species
or hybrid types and suit an informal setting as
they have a wild-looking style, which I love.
Most rambling roses will only flower once
during early to mid-summer, and produce
small clusters of flowers, unlike the bigger
flowers of climbers.

BUSH ROSES
This type of rose includes floribundas and
hybrid teas. Hybrid teas tend to have single,
large flowers at the end of the stem, whereas
floribundas produce clusters of flowers.
I’ve seen hybrid teas flower well into winter
before. But for drama, floribundas have the
edge for me. These cluster roses can make
great little hedges or can be grown as
individuals on the patio in a pot. Both types
come in a huge array of colours.

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Your year-round rose calendar for bumper blooms

Summer ࡯ DEADHEAD (Jul-Oct) Autumn ࡯ PRUNE RAMBLERS (Sep-Nov)

࡯ FEED ROSES (Jul) Keep deadheading your roses ࡯ BUY AND PLANT ROSES I try to get the stem as near horizontal
throughout the flowering season as I can by creating a fan against a
Give your roses a second feed to encourage more flowers. (bare-root, Oct-Mar; wall with the main stems, training
after the first flush of flowers. container-grown, year-round) them in the shape when young, then
This is normally around July, but it ࡯ TACKLE PESTS (Jun-Oct) Roses can be purchased as bare-root I shorten the side shoots by about
will depend on where you are in or container-grown plants. The best two-thirds. This will encourage side
the country. I try to keep my plants as healthy time to plant bare-root roses is from shoot flowers the following year.
as possible. I let predators pick off autumn to late winter, but avoid Each year, it’s good to see if you can
࡯ TIE IN NEW GROWTH greenfly. For blackspot, I pick off frozen or waterlogged ground. Soak remove at least one or two old stems
any affected leaves and burn them. bare-root plants overnight in water and tie in any new growth.
(Jul-Aug) Never add them to the compost heap before planting as this will help
For climbers and ramblers, I tie in as this could enable it to spread. rehydrate your plants.
new growth to the wires to keep
them secure.

PHOTOS: SARAH CUTTLE; GETTY/ANNICK VANDERSCHELDEN PHOTOGRAPHY; JASON INGRAM Winter I do my main prune on bush roses Spring work into the soil, then give
after Christmas, usually late January. everything a good water.
࡯ PRUNE CLIMBERS (Oct-Dec) First, I cut out any stems that are ࡯ ADD MULCH (Mar-Apr)
dead, diseased or damaged, then ࡯ FEED ROSES (Mar-Apr)
Once a climbing rose has filled its reduce the plant by about one-third. I tend to mulch roses rather than
space, I take out older stems to adding feed. I add well-rotted If you don’t mulch, add feed to
encourage new growth. Once ࡯ PRUNE SHRUB ROSES manure to the soil in late winter your roses twice a year. This will
flowering has finished, you can cut or early spring, which not only help encourage better blooms, it will
back side shoots by roughly (Oct-Feb) adds nutrients, but helps contain lead to a healthier plant, which will
two-thirds. I aim to create a curved Shorten all the shoots after flowering moisture and keep your plant be more resistant to pests and
fan shape. Climbing roses don’t tend and take out any old woody stems. free from weeds. diseases. Give roses their first feed
to be as vigorous as ramblers. Then thin out any congested or just before the plant comes into leaf,
weak growth. Sometimes I might sprinkle a little and then again in July.
࡯ PRUNE BUSH ROSES organic slow-release granular feed
in around the base of the rose and
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In her new book, The Modern Gardener, Frances Tophill
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garden recipes

“Our little patches
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June 2022 Using the garden as
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makes up a batch
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Refreshing
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Elderflower cordial

Elderflower cordial is a drink that I absolutely
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sugar in order to preserve it successfully, but
you can reduce the quantities for a sharper
flavour, which I love.

Makes 1 litre TOP TIP

࡯ 20 elderflower heads, freshly Try freezing edible flowers,

opened such as borage, viola, calendula,

࡯ 5 lemons, peeled and chopped day lily or nasturtium in an

࡯ 5 litres boiling water ice cube to add a touch

࡯ 750g sugar of something colourful and

࡯ 1-5 tsp citric acid, to taste personal to your daiquiri

or designer G&T

1 Place the elderflowers and lemon in a A classic on a hot summer’s day, elderflower cordial is very easy

large bowl and pour over the boiling water. to make and keeps for months when stored in a cool, dark place

Cover and leave at room temperature overnight Rosehip vodka
or in the fridge for a few days.

2 Strain through muslin into a large pan and Rosehips can be found in hedgerows and gardens 1 Clean the rosehips and place in a large airtight

discard the lemon and flowers. in most temperate regions. They come in different jar with the sugar. For best results, chop or prick

3 Add the sugar and slowly bring to the boil, colours, shapes and sizes, and not all roses the rosehips first.

stirring until the sugar dissolves. produce rosehips, but the dog rose (Rosa canina) 2 Pour over the vodka and shake well.

4 Taste the liquid and add citric acid until you with its oval, firm fruits is probably best for 3 Store in a cool, dark place, shaking the jar

are happy with the flavour. I like it quite sour. flavouring vodka. each week.

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garden recipes

LEFT Calendula is infused in oil ABOVE Frances searches for suitable herbs and other botanicals.
It is vital to identify all plant material correctly to ensure it is safe for consumption or medicinal use

Soothing balms and oils

Infusing calendula in oil the scent of the oil before you use it. It can turn and oil combinations so you know what it is
rancid, which you will know from its unsavoury for and when to use it by and you can recreate it.
Calendula flowers are edible, and perhaps smell. It should smell sweet and fresh. Use within three months or until it smells rancid.
most interestingly, calendula is a very powerful
antiseptic, antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal. Soothing vegan lip balm í This feature is an
This makes it a bit of a wonder herb for dealing extract from The
with skin lesions, grazes, sore or rough skin and Although I’m calling this a lip balm, in truth it can Modern Gardener
mild skin infections. WARNING: Do not use also be used as a soothing balm anywhere on the by Frances Tophill
calendula during pregnancy. body, for chapped skin, cut skin, burned skin, dry (Kyle Books, £22)
skin or just as a moisturiser. Try to find a wax that out now
How to: Most botanicals, including calendula, is as local as possible, and ethically harvested.
will need to be dried before use, but a few, like WARNING: Because this is oil-based, don’t use in Catch up with Frances
nettles, St John’s wort, and chickweed, can be high-UV conditions, as it might cause sunburn.
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and often organic. Many people use grapeseed 1 Place the infused oil and wax in a bain-marie See Frances’ sustainable garden
oil or sweet almond oil. or a heatproof bowl over a small pan of gently at BBC Gardeners’ World
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Place the herbs in a sterilised bottle or jar 2 Once melted, remove from the heat, add the go to bbcgardeners
and pour over the oil to submerge them. If the essential oil and stir. worldlive.com
botanicals are dry, store in a cool but not cold, 3 Pour immediately into a sterilised empty
dark place for up to two months to infuse. If the lip balm tin – you can use a pouring pan or a
herbs are fresh, store in a warm place overnight – funnel – and leave the balm to set. It usually
above a radiator or near a fire, for example. Strain takes around 10 minutes.
through muslin to remove the herb material, then 4 Label the tin with the date, and exact quantities
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SAFETY COMES FIRST IN
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Having supplied numerous royal households over the years with our renowned tripod safety
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LADDERS TO LESSEN ANY RISKS Pruning ‘The Queen’s Beasts’,
which were planted for the
Ladders are one of the leading causes Coronation in 1953 at Hall
of accidents both inside and outside the Place and Gardens in Kent.
home. This is especially true in gardens
where unstable or uneven ground can
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the Royal Society for the Prevention of
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With this in mind, Henchman ladders
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Founded in 1994 by Mike Kitching, the
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Made from lightweight aluminium, they
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Son and Managing Director Tom
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started designing platforms and ladders
especially for working at height on uneven
ground, there were no alternatives to
traditional ladders or stepladders”.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING

When Mike Kitching had a “near miss
falling from a stepladder in the garden”, the
accident led to the idea that there must be
something better and safer. And from
there a family-run business came to life.
“My father quite literally scribbled the idea
for a hedge-cutting platform on the back
of a little white envelope. I ended up
designing and making a prototype of it
for my GCSE project” says Tom Kitching.

WHY HENCHMAN TRIPOD
LADDERS ARE DIFFERENT

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Henchman has grown to be a pioneer The three-legged design, extra-wide
of garden ladders and hedge-cutting standing platform and claw-like feet make
platforms, specialising in designs to keep it far more secure especially on uneven,
people safe on uneven terrain. soft ground. In addition, it has a crow’s
nest platform at its highest point to allow
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cutters and chainsaws. We’re selling safety.
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aluminium
The company offers a range of
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hi-step platforms and accompanying
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Platform Tripod Ladder PRICE LIST Ultra safe – even on
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Rubber feet can be
1 Adjustable leg added or removed to
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10ft £379 12ft £419

3 Adjustable legs
6ft £319 8ft £399 10ft £469
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