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Plant roses in spring for summer perfume in the herb garden or autumn for the following year’s enjoyment. At these times of year the soil is warm and the plants can establish well before colder weather sets in. Bare-rooted rose plants that have been lifted from the growing fields with no soil around their roots, should be planted soon after purchase or delivery from specialist nurseries. If this is not possible, due to lack of time or frosty weather, you will need to give them interim care.

Keep them in a frost-free place, with roots moistened in a sand- or peat-filled box or tub.

If you have no space in a shed or garage, give the roses a temporary home by digging a shallow trench in the ground and covering the roots. This is called ‘heeling in.

When the time comes to plant the roses, ensure the soil has been well dug and manured.

Dig a planting hole large enough to allow the roots to be spread out.

Place the plant in the hole and check that the graft or union mark (where the rose stems are grafted onto the rootstock) is just below soil level.

Backfill the hole and tread the soil in firmly so the rose does not rock.

Sprinkle rose fertiliser over the surface and lightly fork it in.

Water the plant in well.

THINGS TO DO

Sow seed

Indoors: agrimony, aniseed, anise hyssop, artemisia, bergamot, bistort, borage, canary balm, caraway, chives, coreopsis, coriander, cumin, dyer’s greenweed, echinacea, elecampane, evening primrose, fenugreek, feverfew, flax, Good King Henry, heartsease, herb bennet, hyssop, lady’s mantle (self seeds), lemon verbena, marjoram, mullein, mustard, nasturtium, orach, pinks, poppy, pot marigold, salad burnet, scented pelargonium, sea holly, smallage, sorrel, spruce, strawberry, summer savory, sunflower, sweet woodruff, tansy (self seeds), teasel, traveller’s joy, vervain, weld, winter savory, yarrow

Thin

Coreopsis sown in autumn

Plant out

Box, catmint, chives, costmary, jasmine, juniper, lady’s mantle, liquorice, marsh mallow, pennyroyal, peony, pink, rosemary, sage, sorrel, spearmint, spruce, strawberry, sweet cicely, tarragon, wall germander, welsh onion, winter savory, witch hazel

Propagate

Take cuttings: dyer’s chamomile (basal), rosemary and thyme (heel), winter savory (stem tip), witch hazel (semi-ripe)

Layer: winter savory

Divide: anise hyssop, artemisia, chicory, chives, costmary, dyer’s chamomile, echinacea, elecampane, herb bennet, hyssop, lady’s mantle, liquorice, rue, salad burnet, soapwort, sorrel, spearmint, strawberry, sweet violet, sweet woodruff, tansy, wall germander, winter savory, yarrow

Pot up

New honeysuckle plants from stems layered in autumn