Markers for Roses Should be as Hardy as the Tough Plants They Mark

If your roses are pretty winter hardy, then the approaching cold overnight temperatures probably don’t have you worried. If you have hardy rose plants, then you don’t have to do much to protect them over the winter. Other species of roses will need some special winterizing care. If you love roses you probably have a variety of bushes and blooms. Markers for roses will help you highlight your gorgeous fragrant beauties in their growing season and help you mark the places of your different varieties after the last petals fall off the green stems.

Not all roses are fragile. Some roses don’t need any preparation or may just need some minimal care before winter. A little compost, extra water and some fertilizer for the roots might give your roses some extra support over the non-growing season, but is not always essential. Get to know your species of rose and if it will need winter care in your climate region.

Some gardeners suggest that you cut the rose stems back to only a few feet off the ground so that winter’s snows don’t bend over and snap long canes. Other experts suggest that if you cut back stems that you should put some type of petroleum jelly over the cut wound. Exposed canes could get wet moisture inside, freeze and damage the growth or parts of the rose bush.

For more fragile roses, it is important to keep them snug and cozy over the winter. It will depend on where you live as to how to best winterize your plants. Local horticulturist groups and garden societies can help you plan for winter and offer tried and true plant survival strategies for the region in which you live. One suggestion for protecting roses from winter is to use a chicken wire silo and mound of dirt to insulate the plant. After placing chicken wire around the plant you can fill the silo with about eight inches of soil in a mound over the plant. Then fill the rest of the wire silo with leaves.

Sturdy plant markers for roses should be able to tolerate the wind, water and ice of winter. If the markers are 100 percent stainless steel, they won’t rust away through the transitions of wet to dry days. They will be forever a classic silver to complement your classic roses. Some roses have survived for generations and remain as heirlooms and beautiful signatures of beloved ancestors. So they will never be forgotten, markers for roses can keep the names of those varieties living for the next generation.

At Kincaid Plant Markers we can make sure your roses have reliable markers and we can even personalize markers with names like “Grandma’s Hybrid Tea Roses” or “Mom’s Queen Elizabeth Roses” in remembrance of the first gardener of those roses. We can help you celebrate the coming of spring in your rose garden and guarantee that your roses won’t get lost in a winter’s night.