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How to plant and care for Rose (Climbing, New Dawn)
Rosa 'New Dawn'
A tough, healthy climbing rose with clusters of pale blush-pink, fruity-scented flowers all summer. Copes with a north wall.
When to plant and care for it
Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.
Growing Rose (Climbing, New Dawn): what it needs
- Light
- Full sun · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Water well until established, then in dry spells
- Soil
- Rich, moisture-retentive soil
- Spacing
- 2.5 m
- Height
- 3–4 m
- In pots
- Best in the ground
- Feeding
- Rose feed in March and July
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 4–9
Step by step
- On planting day
Plant
Plant 30 cm away from the wall or fence, leaning the stems towards it on canes. Tie them to wires or a trellis as they grow.
- 0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In Well
Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.
- 7–14 days after “Water In Well”
Mulch Around the Base
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.
Every year
- FebruaryWinter Prune and Train
Tie main stems as close to horizontal as you can (that makes more flowers) and cut side shoots back to 2–3 buds.
- MarchFeed and Mulch
Scatter rose feed and mulch with manure, keeping it off the stems.
- JuneIn Flower
First big flush of flowers — take a photo.
- JulyDeadhead and Feed Again
Snip off faded clusters and give a second rose feed for repeat flowers.
