For fragrance and charm, choose Beautiful Bourbons
THE roses in my garden are still flowering and often continue right up to Christmas, their last brave blooms crystallised by frost. From November to February or March the plants themselves enter a dormant phase, and this is when rose nurseries lift them from the ground to send out – packaged but ‘bare-rooted’ – to our doors. If they can’t be planted straight away, it’s important to ‘heel’ them in outdoors by covering roots with soil to protect against drying and frost.
Autumn is also a great time to plant roses from containers, enabling them to settle in before growth
