FlowersOctober and November are the best months to prune roses. A guide to light, water, feeding, pruning and pest and disease control, based on Bangladesh's Agriculture Information Service and university extension advice.
FlowersRose flowers, fruit, leaves and bark are used in cosmetics, food and medicine, but most of the plant's health benefits rest on laboratory, animal or small studies, and rose oil can cause skin allergy in some people.
FlowersBangladesh grows roses such as Papa Meilland, Double Delight and Taj Mahal, according to the Agriculture Information Service. Planting runs from October to February, and budding is the main way nurseries raise new plants.
A rose cutting set in a potato and planted in soil can grow into a whole new rose plant, using a simple home method.
FlowersGet more and bigger roses from pots or fields with the Agriculture Information Service's advice on soil, varieties, seedlings, feeding, pruning and pest and disease control.
FlowersFor roses in pots, Bangladesh's government guidance stresses a one-year-old plant, the graft joint kept 3-4 cm above the soil, pruning in October-November and plenty of organic manure. The steps, checked against the National e-Tathyakosh and garden authorities.
