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my mum died and i have her ashes i want to buy a rose bush and put it in a pot in the gaden with mums ashes, whats the best rose bush to get ,how big a pot should i get and when is the best time to plant it.
sorry not a good gardener but want to get this right . thankyou.
sorry not a good gardener but want to get this right . thankyou.
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Quite honestly i wouldn't put a rosebush in a pot and secondly ashes are high in potassium (I think that's it) so too much of it would kill off a rosebush. I'd plant the bush in the garden and then scatter the ashes around that area.
11:19 Tue 25th Sep 2012
My condolences to you, wendylottie.
I, too, think it would be best to plant a rose directly in the garden and scatter the ashes around it.
So many roses from which to choose. My Big Sis planted Remember Me when our mother died. For me it has to be Peace, such an evocative history and a magnificent rose -
http:// www.bex rose.or .../Ros eArticl ePeace. htm
I, too, think it would be best to plant a rose directly in the garden and scatter the ashes around it.
So many roses from which to choose. My Big Sis planted Remember Me when our mother died. For me it has to be Peace, such an evocative history and a magnificent rose -
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I've grown lovely roses in pots - the bush roses are best because they don't need the tender care of the hybrid tea. Wonderful flowers.
You need a large pot - my neighbour grows roses up her pillars but the pots are very small and the roses not good, even though she waters them every day.
The only drawback is that you have to take out some topsoil or compost every year and replace with fresh stuff - about the top three/four inches. (I used to forget, but the roses still flourished ). Also you have to place the pots where the pot at least will be shaded so that the roots do not get too hot - mine were by a low wall surrounded by other pots.
You need a large pot - my neighbour grows roses up her pillars but the pots are very small and the roses not good, even though she waters them every day.
The only drawback is that you have to take out some topsoil or compost every year and replace with fresh stuff - about the top three/four inches. (I used to forget, but the roses still flourished ). Also you have to place the pots where the pot at least will be shaded so that the roots do not get too hot - mine were by a low wall surrounded by other pots.
I don't know, of course, if you've ever seen "ashes" left from a human cremation, but they are quite coarse, being only the leavings from the bones, unlike the fine ashes left in the fireplace from wood fires. Therefore, a consideration would be that they don't incorporate into the soil very well and would still be quite visible months, if not years after the "scattering". This may not be unsettling to you, but a friend (here in the U.S.) that tried the "rosebush" solution was less than satisfied.
Actually, the ashes wouldn't provide much in the way of fertilization either, since, again, they don't have the concentrated ph of wood ashes...
Actually, the ashes wouldn't provide much in the way of fertilization either, since, again, they don't have the concentrated ph of wood ashes...