• Purple, prestigious and highly scented
• Delivered to you ready for planting right away
• Big on scent and colour at head height

Add rose Starlight Express to your garden for visual and scented impact. Every flower reveals lots of petals in layers in emphatic purple during summer and into the autumn.

This climbing rose excels climbing up a house wall: the additional heat from the house encourages further blooms to form. Starlight Express is equally as beautiful scaling a sturdy arbour.

Your rose plant on arrival:

You receive your rose, delivered to your door in a 4.5 litre pot filled with rich moist compost. The rose itself is pruned to three or four main stems which form an open and attractive framework once the bud come into leaf and produce attractive young red-tinged leaves. Each stem is expertly pruned to just above a bud for healthy plant growth.

Your 4.5 litre pot is wrapped in polythene to encourage humidity and maintain moist soil. You can keep your plant in its pot until you have time to plant it in a larger container or a flower bed. Plant on a clear, dry day. We recommend that you give your plant a thorough water after planting.

When to plant and what to expect at different times of the year

You can plant hardy shrubs, trees and perennials at any time of the year avoiding the two extremes of heat and cold. During the summer months when it is hot and dry the need for watering becomes crucial to aid successful establishment and in the winter when the soil is frozen the plants will not be in active growth either above or below ground and risk getting cold damage. The same is true on the stage or growth you can expect your plants to be delivered in and this will be directly related to the time of year and the season.

When ordering through the year, here’s a summary of what to expect when receiving your plants:

Spring Months: Plants supplied in spring will be starting to show signs of active growth above and below ground.

Summer Months: Plants supplied in the late summer will be more advanced in size and flower stage

Autumn Months: In the autumn plants will be changing colour, showing signs of leaf colour breakdown and be preparing to shut down for winter.

Winter Months: Plants ordered and supplied during the winter months will be dormant and therefore may not be showing growth above the soil level or consist of bare branches with no leaves or bare roots with no soil.

These are all perfectly normal and natural for these types of plants growing in the northern hemisphere. All will still have a very healthy root system that can be planted when the weather is favourable by keeping the new soil level equal to the pot level and therefore not covering the crown of the plant at all. Planting during the autumn and winter months will allow for early establishment in the season and a bigger and better display throughout the main growing season. For more information on our plant sizes click here.