How to Care for Nacogdoches Roses

Select a planting site that receives at least six hours of daily sunlight. Roses grow vigorously and bloom profusely in sunny environments.

Choose a planting site with good drainage and slightly acidic soil. Roses will tolerate alkalinity and clay soils as long as drainage is sufficient.

Plant Nacogdoches roses from containers rather than starting from seed. Roses are notoriously difficult to germinate and grow to maturity if they're started from seeds. Container plantings allow gardeners to start with a healthy, semi-established plant.

Provide roses with protection during periods of extreme cold. Nacogdoches roses thrive in USDA Plant Hardiness zones 6 through 9, but those grown in cold conditions may require applications of mulch, straw or soil mounded over the root ball.

Apply a fungicide formulated for roses during long periods of wet weather. Nacogdoches roses are generally hardy, but susceptibility to black spot fungal infections increases during moist periods.

Keep water off foliage and blooms to reduce the chances of fungal infection. Apply water to the soil surface and root zone only as needed.

Water regularly and apply a fertilizer formulated for roses. Newly planted Nacogdoches roses require more frequent watering, tapering off as the plant becomes established. Begin fertilization programs in spring, immediately before new growth begins.

Space Nacogdoches rosebushes a minimum of 3 feet apart in flowerbeds, hedges and borders. Planting at closer intervals can adversely affect growth and plant health.

Prune Nacogdoches roses in the same fashion as other hybrid tea cultivars--once each spring after buds begin to enlarge.