5 Months of Flowering Rose Collection

Where to Plant
Choose a sunny, sheltered position with fertile, moisture-retentive but well-drained soil. Roses flower best with plenty of sunshine and good air circulation around the plants.

Planting Bare-Root Roses
Unpack your roses promptly and soak the roots in a bucket of water for a couple of hours before planting. Dig a generous hole, spread the roots out naturally and position each rose with the graft union around soil level. Backfill, firm gently and water well.

Planting Potted Roses
Water well before planting and dig a hole slightly wider than the root ball. Remove the rose from its pot, gently loosen any tightly packed roots and plant at the same depth it was growing in the pot. Backfill, gently firm and water thoroughly.

Watering
Water regularly during the first growing season while your roses establish, particularly during warm, dry weather. Established plants will also appreciate a thorough watering during prolonged dry spells.

Feeding & Mulching
Feed with a suitable rose fertiliser in spring as new growth begins and again in summer to support repeat flowering. Mulch with well-rotted garden compost or organic matter to help retain moisture and suppress weeds, keeping the mulch clear of the stems.

Beds & Borders
These compact to medium-sized roses work beautifully in sunny beds and borders. Plant the three together for a generous display of cream, apricot, pink and white, or repeat them through an existing border to carry their colour around the garden.

Plant for a Long Display
‘Champagne Moment’, ‘Mum in a Million’ and ‘Silver Anniversary’ are repeat-flowering roses, producing fresh flushes of blooms from early summer into autumn. A sunny position, regular feeding and good watering during dry spells will help them keep performing through their long flowering season.

Plant Near Paths & Seating
Fragrance runs through the collection, so grow the roses somewhere you'll regularly pass or spend time. ‘Mum in a Million’ is particularly notable for its rich classic rose fragrance.

Grow for Cutting
All three give you flowers to enjoy indoors as well as in the garden. The large, beautifully formed blooms of ‘Mum in a Million’ and ‘Silver Anniversary’ are particularly well suited to cutting, while ‘Champagne Moment’ produces generous clusters of creamy-apricot flowers.

Large Containers
Their manageable size also makes these roses suitable for generous patio containers with good drainage. Container-grown roses need regular watering and feeding throughout the growing season, particularly during warm weather.

Pruning
Prune in late winter or early spring, starting by removing dead, damaged, weak or crossing growth. ‘Mum in a Million’ and ‘Silver Anniversary’ are Hybrid Teas and can be pruned fairly firmly to encourage strong new flowering stems. ‘Champagne Moment’ is a Floribunda, so retain a slightly bushier, well-branched framework.

Deadheading
Remove faded flowers regularly through the flowering season to keep the plants tidy and encourage further flushes. On ‘Champagne Moment’, which carries its flowers in clusters, remove individual faded blooms before cutting back the whole cluster once it has finished flowering.

Keep the Flowers Coming
Don't let the plants become short of water during prolonged dry spells, particularly when they're producing buds and flowers. A second feed in summer will help support the fresh growth needed for later flushes of blooms.

Cutting Flowers
Cut flowers as the buds begin to open using clean, sharp secateurs, preferably while the plants are well hydrated. Place the stems into water promptly and avoid removing too much foliage from young plants while they're still establishing.

Top Tip
Regular deadheading, summer feeding and consistent watering during dry weather will help these repeat-flowering roses fulfil their potential for a long season of colour. Rather than one continuous crop of flowers, expect successive flushes of fresh blooms through the season.

Soften the Edges
Lower-growing perennials such as hardy geraniums and nepeta work well around rose bushes, softening the base of the plants and adding another layer of summer colour.

Add Contrasting Shapes
Salvias, veronicas and penstemons provide upright flower spikes that contrast beautifully with the rounded rose blooms. Blue and purple shades work particularly well alongside the cream, apricot, pink and white flowers in this collection.

Add Spring Colour
Spring bulbs provide interest before the roses begin flowering. Alliums are particularly useful for carrying colour from late spring towards the start of the rose season.

Extend the Display
Choose companion plants with different flowering periods to create interest around the roses before, during and after their main flushes. Early bulbs followed by summer perennials can help keep the whole border colourful for even longer.

Bare-Root Roses
Bare-root roses are supplied during autumn and winter while dormant, without a pot or compost around their roots. They will usually arrive with woody stems and exposed roots, with little or no foliage. This is completely normal and fresh growth will appear as temperatures rise.

Potted Roses
Potted roses are supplied established in compost and can be planted for much of the year, avoiding frozen, waterlogged or extremely dry conditions. Their appearance will vary naturally with the season, from fresh growth in spring and leafy or flowering plants in summer to less active or leafless plants later in the year.

If You Can't Plant Straight Away
Keep bare-root roses cool with their roots moist and protected from drying out, and plant as soon as possible. Potted roses can be kept in a sheltered outdoor position and watered as needed until you're ready to plant.

What to Expect After Planting
The roses will gradually develop into bushy plants as they establish, producing more flowering stems and increasingly generous displays as they mature. ‘Champagne Moment’ develops the bushier, branching habit typical of a Floribunda, while ‘Mum in a Million’ and ‘Silver Anniversary’ produce the more upright flowering stems associated with Hybrid Tea roses.

Mature Size
‘Champagne Moment’ is the most compact at around 60cm high and 60cm across. ‘Silver Anniversary’ grows to around 75cm high with a 60cm spread, while ‘Mum in a Million’ reaches around 90cm high with a 70cm spread. Their relatively compact sizes make them easy to combine in the same bed, border or larger patio planting.