How to Grow Blue Japanese Roses

The days of dyeing white roses blue with food coloring are over as you can now grow real blue roses in your garden. Japanese-based Suntory Flowers Limited created a natural blue rose called “Applause" using pansy genes. The roses feature a soft blue color and a delicate fragrance. Plant blue roses in your garden as an unexpected touch, and use the eye-catching blooms as home or special event decor. You can grow blue roses in the same manner as traditional roses.

Blue rose plant
Bucket (optional)
Small shovel
Watering can

Instructions

- 1
  Choose a sunny section of your garden to plant the blue roses in, as all roses require at least six hours of direct sunlight a day. Be sure not to overcrowd the rose plants, which will hinder their growth.
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  Soak the root system of a bare-root blue rose plant in a bucket of cool water one hour before planting it. Keep a potted blue rose plant well-watered and store it in a sunny location before transferring it to the garden.
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  Dig holes that are 18 inches wide and 15 inches deep per each rose plant using a small shovel. Space the holes 18 to 30 inches apart for optimum rose growth.
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  Create a small mound of dirt in the center of a hole and insert a bare-root rose plant on top of it, spreading its root system over the soil. Place a potted rose plant into the hole so that the top of its soil ball is even with the ground.
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  Shovel up to six inches of soil around each rose plant, filling the entire hole. Water each rose plant.

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